Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi III, is dead.
Maigari who is the chairman of the Lokoja traditional council, died at 80 on Wednesday evening, September 28, after a brief illness at a private hospital in Abuja, according to the information from the palace.
In a statement issued on Wednesday night by the Secretary of Lokoja Local Government Traditional Council, Muhammed Nalado Usman, said the monarch will be buried in Lokoja on Thursday, September 29, by 3 pm.
The monarch is said to have been one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in Kogi State, having ascended the throne in 1992.
He was also one of the country’s foremost and highly respected traditional rulers.
May his soul rest in peace.
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