Muhammadu Kobo

Muhammadu Kobo dan Aliyu Gana, OBE, CON (1910- 13 June 2002) was the 11th Etsu Lapai of Lapai Emirate, a traditional state from (1953 - June 2002) succeeded by his niece Umaru Bago Tafida II the 12th Etsu Lapai.[1][2][3][4]

Muhammadu Kobo
Etsu Lapai
Reign1953 - 2003
Coronation1953
PredecessorUmaru Dan Ibrahim
SuccessorUmaru Bago Tafida
Born1910 (1910)
Lapai Emirate
Died(2002-06-13)June 13, 2002
ReligionSunni Islam
OccupationTeacher and Traditional leader

Education and career

Etsu Kobo was born into the royal house of Lapai Emirate. He started his education in Agaie Elementary School from (1920 - 1922) and later attend the Bida Provincial School finishing in 1928 and then attended Katsina Teachers Training College graduated there with teacher grade II in 1932 and later had his certificate in Local Government Administration at the United Kingdom.

He started his career as a teacher in Bida province school where he also served as one term headmaster and was later transferred to Okene primary schools later changed as Okene middle school. He was also headmaster in Katsina-Ala province school and Zaria Province middle school in 1948 all his term as headmaster and later joins politics being elected member, in the Northern Federal House of Assembly he was also Tswaidan of Lapai Emirate and Bida Native Authority there he was member before his appointment as the Etsu Lapai Emirate in 1954. He was member in the Northern House of Chiefs he was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen Elizabeth of England.[5][6][7]

Kobo also served as head of Northern Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NNBC) in 1953.[8]

Posts held as Emir includes
  • Member Federal Scholarship and Appointment Board (1952–53)
  • Member, Regional Medical Advisory Board (1955–57)
  • Member, Regional Development Corporation (1955–59)
  • Member, College of Arts, Science & Technology, Zaria (1952–62)
  • Chairman Government Delegation to Libya and Pakistan to study Penal Code system (1958)
  • Chairman Regional Board of Governors, NBC (1961–66)
  • Member National Council of Arts and Culture (1970–75)
  • Chairman North Western State Arts Council (1970–76)
  • Chairman North Western State Development Advisory Board (1973–76);
  • Chancellor, Kano State University (1992–93)
  • Patrons in Barewa Old Boys Association (BOBA) and Gamji Member's Association

Publication

He was also a writer, he published a book titled A Short Foundation History of Lapai Emirate in English, Hausa and Nupe.[9][10][11][12]

He was an elderly statesman, his burial was led by the Etsu Nupe Umaru Sanda Ndayako and the attendance of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Abdulkadir Kure, and Senator Isa Mohammed Bagudu.[13]

Notes
  1. "Kingdoms of Nigeria, The Nigerian Database of Rulers, Kings, Kingdoms, Political and Traditional Leaders". www.kingdomsofnigeria.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. Kasim, Sule (15 July 2020). "Nigeria: Emir of Lapai (Etsu Lapai) is Dead". Daily Trust. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via Allafrica.com.
  3. "Nigerian traditional polities". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. nationalsportslink.com.ng. "The Battle of Bida – by Ndagi Abdullahi – nationalsportslink.com.ng". Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. admin. "LATE HRH MUHAMMADU KOBO: A DIGNIFIED LEADER FOR TODAY'S REFERENCE – Gamji Members Association". Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  7. "Muhammadu Kobo - NigerianWiki". nigerianwiki.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  8. "www.ngrguardiannews.com". news.biafranigeriaworld.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  9. OpenLibrary.org. "A brief foundation history of Lapai Emirate | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  10. Kobo, Muhammadu (1981). A brief foundation history of Lapai Emirate. Enugu, Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishers. ISBN 978-978-156-167-2. OCLC 10159500.
  11. "A brief foundation history of Lapai Emirate by Kobo, Alhaji Muhammadu: Very Good | CMG Books and Art". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  12. Kobo, Alhaji Muhammadu (1981). A brief foundation history of Lapai Emirate /. Enugu, Nigeria: Fourth Dimension. ISBN 978-978-156-167-2.
  13. Daily, Trust Abuja (16 July 2002). "Nigeria: Thousands witness the Burial of Etsu Lapai". Allafrica. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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