Sadaukin Shinkafi: Why Nobody Can Revoke Femi Fani-Kayode’s Title-Emir Of Shinkafi

The Shinkafi Emir­ate Council is standing by its decision to name former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode as  s “Sadaukin Shinkafi”.

Recall that the title was recently conferred on Fani-Kayode, by the Emir Of Shinkafi, Alhaji Muhammad Makwash.

The conferment of the title on the PDP chieftain has led to the resignation of five ti­tleholders in the Shinkafi Emirate Council of Zam­fara State.

However, while reacting to the development, Wambai Shinkafi, Dr. Sani Abdulla­hi Shinkafi who spoke on behalf of the emirate insisted that conferment of titles by the Emir cannot be reversed.

He described the gesture as deserving to the recipients, adding the conferment  was ex­ercised within the powers and the discretion of the Emir.

He warned against playing the ethnic and religion card in the traditional exercise.

Dr. Sani Abdulla­hi Shinkafi said;

“Femi Fani-Kayode is not the only non-Muslim to bag a title from the North, it is worthy of note that several northern tradi­tional rulers had conferred titles on southerners like Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who was conferred with Chieftaincy title of Yalla­ban Sokoto, Chief Rochas Okorocha Danjekan Soko­to, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu Wakilin Anka, and former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who was con­ferred with the Garkuwan Manoman Zamfara.

Others include Barrister Solomon Dalung conferred with Magayakin Buk­kuyyum; Sen David Mark as Jarumin Kaura Namo­da; Senator Victor Umeh as Jagaban Shinkafi; the APC leader, Bola Tinubu has also bagged such title with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Why is FFK’s ti­tle different?

“There is no hatred be­tween Muslims and Chris­tians or northerners and southerners but some people who want to ignite hatred are reading political mean­ing to it. He was chosen so that we can foster unity. He served as a minister and rep­resented the whole of Nige­ria.”