Controversy: Shinkafi Emirate council speaks on Fani-Kayode’s tittle

The Shinkafi Emirate Council has declared that the chieftaincy title conferred on Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Min­ister of Aviation, by the Emir Of Shinkafi, Alhaji Muhammad Makwash is ir­revocable and irreversible.

This is as the confer­ment continues to gener­ate controversy leading to the resignation of five ti­tleholders in the Shinkafi Emirate Council of Zam­fara State.

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Daily Times gathered that Fani-Kayode, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, was conferred with the traditional title of “Sadaukin Shinkafi” by the Emirate Council last week, a move rejected by some members and politicians.

However, the Wambai Shinkafi, Dr. Sani Abdulla­hi Shinkafi, who spoke on behalf of the emirate de­clared that the conferment of titles by the Emir cannot be reversed, being a gesture to deserving recipients ex­ercised within the powers and the discretion of Emir.

According to Alhaji Shinkafi, the royal father has powers to confer any Chieftaincy title on any person he feels is deserving of such a title. He, there­fore, cautioned that poli­ticians should not bring ethnicity and religion into the matter.