Gov AbdulRazaq mourns as Emir of Lafiagi dies at 86
Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Saadu Kawu Haliru OFR, is dead.
The traditional ruler, who passed on earlier today became the Emir of Lafiagi in 1975 and celebrated his 45th Coronation anniversary on October 21st, 2020.
According Fresh Insight Newspaper, he died at the age of 86.
Meanwhile, the Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye on Thursday, mourned the deceased, describing his reign as peaceful and hugely significant for the socioeconomic status of the emerging industrial town.
“I join the rest of our people, north, south, and central of Kwara State, to mourn the death of the long-reigning Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Saadu Kawu OFR. The first class monarch was a phenomenon in royal wisdom, compassion, and peaceful coexistence. He was an advocate of peace and unity in diversity, and this largely explains the growth recorded under his reign,” the Governor said in the message.
“My profound condolences go to the Kwara State Council of Chiefs and their royal highnesses in Kwara North, the immediate and extended families of the monarch, and the good people of Lafiagi. The passing of his royal highness is indeed the end of a great era, having overseen significant growth in the livelihood and cultural rejuvenation of the emirate over the past 45 years. I beseech Allah, the Oft-forgiving and the Merciful, to grant the late monarch al-Jannah Firdaus and to comfort the people of Lafiagi.”
