Aku Uka of Wukari, Shekarau Angyu, is dead.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Aku Uka of Wukari and Chairman, Taraba Council of Chiefs, Dr. Shekarau Angyu, is dead, after leading the Kwararafa (Junkun) race for 45 Years.
Wukari is a community in Taraba State, North Central Nigeria.
He was 84 years old at the time of his death.
The announcement of his death was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Aku Uka, Jolly Agbu.
Agbu noted that ”Angyu joined his ancestors in the early hours of yesterday during a brief illness.”
The statement added that “traditional rites in accordance with Jukun culture had since begun and that the final rites would be announced in due course.”
