The Taraba State government has approved the appointment of Dr Shehu Baju as the first class chief of Mambilla, 10 years after the death of the substantive ruler.
Baju succeeds the late chief, Alhaji Muhammadu Mansur, who died in 2002. A statement issued by the Government House Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, yesterday in Jalingo stated that the acting governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, gave approval for the appointment. It stated that the appointment followed a reconciliation initiated by Gov. Danbaba Suntai between the ruling houses of Mansur and that of Baju, where an agreement was reached to rotate the chieftaincy stool between them.
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