Muhammad Auwal , the eldest son of late Sarkin Bwari, Alhaji Musa Muhammad Ijakoro has succeed his father as the new sarki of Bwari, the oldest chiefdom in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
One of the palace’s chieftain, the Santali of Bwari, Alhaji Yunusa Mamman who confirmed that to our reporter a short while ago, have explained that:
“A delegation of the FCT minister malam Muhammad Musa Bello had arrived the palace around 2 30pm on Tuesday and presented him with the minister’s letter of appointment, which triggered celebration of guns shots, as you can hear now” Santali said.
The late Musa Ijakoro who had become the Sarki of Bwari in 1972 while the area was under the Suleja emirate, and was coroneted to second class chief in 1997 by the former FCT minister Jeremiah Useni, died on August 29 this year, and since then the king makers have elected his eldest son as the prepared successor which has been presented to the minister.
But the announcement was been delayed until now due perhaps due to opposition from Gbagy community who are the majority in the area who have insisted that the position should be ceded to the Esu Bwari (chief of Bwari) Ibrahim Yaro, who has come from the Gbagy extension.
