His Royal Majesty (Dr) Bala Abaine Angbazo who is the Aren Eggon and the paramount ruler of Eggon in Nasarawa State has tragically kicked the bucket.
Mr James Angbazo who is the Dangaladima Eggon confirmed the development to Newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia.
He said that the Aren Eggon died on Wednesday at the age of 89 after a long illness.
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The paramount ruler was born in Wakama District, Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state in 1933. Angbazo who was installed on July 11, 1981, died after 41 years on the throne.
In another report, Malam Muhammad Bello who is the FCT Minister has on Wednesday in Abuja, ordered some of the traditional monarchs in the Kuje Area Council to make sure that they work with the relevant security operatives to fish out all the escapees from the Kuje Prison.
Bello gave the directive during an on-the-spot assessment of damage following the attack at the Kuje Medium Correctional Facility by suspected terrorists, which led to the escape of many inmates.
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He also urged the Gomo of Kuje, Haruna Jibrin, to summon all traditional chiefs in the council to combine intelligence with security agencies to fish out the escaped inmates from the community.
Similarly, the minister also called on members of the communities to provide appropriate intelligence to the security agencies to enable them to do their work.
He expressed confidence that with maximum cooperation from the communities, all those who escaped would be traced, found and returned.
According to Bello, no one can go into any community and blend without being spotted by members of the community.
The minister, who described the incident as “very sad and unfortunate”, added that such incidents threatened everybody, hence the need for everyone to support the security agencies in carrying out their assignments.