From:Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Three leaders of Adara land, have dragged kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir el-Rufai before a Kaduna High Court to challenge the 2018 scraping of Adara Chiefdom
The leaders, Mr. Sani Maza Waje Madakin Adara, Mr. Audi Dalhatu Talban Agom Adara and Mr Awemi Dio Maisamari National President of Adara Development Association. ( ADA) are seeking among others, “the restoration of Adara Chiefdom and the Adara Traditional Council which was abrogated by governor Nasir el-Rufai by an Executive Order gazetted on the 29th May, 2018 which was released in November 2018 just after the abduction, killing and burial of the Chief of Adara Chiefdom, His Royal Highness Agom Adara III Maiwada Rapheal Galadima.”
In the case referenced as: KAH/KAD/72/2021 the plaintives are also challenging as “null and void the creation of Kachia Chiefdom and Kajuru Emirate from Adara Chiefdom as both were strange, unwanted by the Adara people as it does not reflect their identity, tradition and faith.”
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