Death of Aku Uka;. I lost my father.- – – Turakin Keana. By Abdullahi Shuaibu, Lafia.

The Turakin Keana,Prince Mark Onyatikpo Elayo has said that the death of the Aku Uka of Wukari, Mr Shekarau Angyo Mis Ibi 11 is a great loss to him personally,as the late Aku Uka of Wukari was his father. Prince Mark Elayo who stated this shortly after the demise of the royal father at the weekend also said the death is not only a great loss to the kwararafa kingdom, Taraba state and Nigeria as a whole. He called on the people of the immediate family of the late Paramount ruler, the Taraba state government and the kwararafa kingdom to take heart and bear the irreparable loss and to remain calm pending the appointment of the new Aku Uka of Wukari. The Aku Uka of Wukari, Mr Shakarau Angyo Misibi11 who was the chairman Taraba state traditional Council died at the weekend at the age of 84, The late Aku Uka spent 45 years on the throne of his ancestors.