The reports also added, perhaps for effect, that el-Rufa’i’s ally, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bammali, the Magajin Garin Zazzau, did not make the list.
But Governor el-Rufai quickly went to his twitter handle,@elrufai, to rubbish all that, saying his office was yet to receive any nomination list. He said the Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs was still reviewing the 11 aspirants and the assessment of the kingmakers on them.
In the tweet titled: BEWARE OF FAKE NEWS!, the governor declared: “This @elrufai has not received anything. The Commissioner responsible for chieftaincy matters is reviewing the 11 aspirants and the assessment of all of them by the kingmakers. I will consider the recommendations then and select the next Emir IN Sha Allah.”
The Crest recalls that the incumbent Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, passed on last Sunday and was buried the same day.
Below is the tweet:
has not received anything. The Commissioner responsible for chieftaincy matters is reviewing the 11 aspirants and the assessment of all of them by the kingmakers. I will consider the recommendations then and select the next Emir IN Sha Allah.
