Shehu Abubakar | |
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![]() Emir Shehu Usman Abubakar (center left) receives U.S. Embassy Charge' d’Affaire Robert E. Gribbin (center right) outside the emir's palace in
Gombe, Nigeria, in 2007 | |
Emir of Gombe | |
Reign | January 1984 - May 2014 |
Coronation | January 1984 |
Predecessor | Mallam Abubakar Umar |
Successor | Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar |
Born | 3 March 1938 Gombe, British Nigeria |
Died | 27 May 2014 (aged 75–76) London, England, United Kingdom |
Burial |
Shehu Usman Abubakar (3 March 1938 – 27 May 2014) was a Nigerian traditional leader who served as the 10th Emir of Gombe from January 1984 until his death in May 2014. [1] [2] Abubakar Led the creation of Gombe State, one of Nigeria's 36 states, in 1996. [1] He was also the Chairman of the Council of Emirs and Chiefs since 1984. [1] [3]
Abubakar was born in the Doma area of Gombe in 1938. [3] [4] He was the fifth son of the 9th Emir of Gombe, Mallam Abubakar Umar. [3] He attended Elementary School and Bauchi Middle School. [4] Abubakar graduated from the Barewa College, Zaria, secondary school in 1966. [3]
Abubakar began his professional career at the former Gombe Native Authority as an engineering assistant. [4] He then worked at the Technical Training Centre, Kaduna Institute of Administration. [4] Abubakar also joined the staff of two former northern Nigerian state governments: the former North-Eastern State government and the government of the now-defunct Bauchi State, where he became the Permanent Secretary of Parastatals, Local governments, Animals, Forestry and Establishment. [4]
He also served as the permanent secretary and two-time member of the National Universities Commission (NUC). [3]
Emir Shehu Abubakar died at Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, where he had been undergoing treatment for cancer, on May 27, 2014, at the age of 76. [2] He was buried on the grounds of the Gombe palace. [3]
The late Shehu Abubakar's son, Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar, was appointed as the new Emir of Gombe in early June 2014. [5]