BREAKING: El-Rufai Snubs Bashir Aminu, Names Ahmed Bamalli New Emir Of Zazzau

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has appointed a new Emir of Zazzau in the person of Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. 

Bamalli will succeed the late Alhaji Shehu Idris as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. 

His appointment was announced in a statement by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani.

Bamalli’s appointment may come as a surprise to some people who expected El-Rufai to appoint son of the late Idris, Bashir Aminu, as new Emir of Zazzau.

The statement reads: “Alh. Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years, following the demise in 1920 of his grandfather, Emir Dan Sidi.

“Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the title of Magajin Garin Zazzau and served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Thailand, with concurrent accreditation to Myanmar. He has been a permanent commissioner in the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission in 2015. He has worked in banking and as Executive Director and later acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Corporation. He was a staff of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Agency before a stint as head of Human Resources at MTel, the mobile communications arm of the old Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL).

“Born in 1966, Alh. Bamalli studied Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy and a diploma in Organisational Leadership from Oxford University. He is also a fellow on Conflict Resolution of the University of York, United Kingdom (UK).

“On behalf of the Kaduna State Government, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has congratulated HRH Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli on his appointment and wished him a successful and peaceful reign as Emir of Zazzau,” 

The late emir had died on September 20, 2020, after reigning for 45 years.