Ex-minister Maku Stripped Of Traditional Title By Eggon Ruler

Ex-minister Maku Stripped Of Traditional Title By Eggon Ruler

Former minister of information, Labaran Maku, has been stripped of his traditional title of ‘Turakin Eggon’ by the paramount ruler of Eggon nation, HRH Bala Angbazo, in Nasarawa State.

This was contained in a letter signed by the secretary to the traditional council, Mr Christopher Alaku, and made available to journalists in Lafia, the state capital.

Sources say the decision to deal with Maku was not unconnected with the manner the former minister treated the council of Eggon elders in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.

It would be recalled that in their bid to realise their dream of producing a governor in the state being the largest ethnic group, the Eggon traditional council constituted a council of elders to mediate between the governorship aspirants of Eggon extraction with a view to fielding a consensus candidate who would deliver the goods.

After wide consultations, the elders endorsed the candidature of Senator Solomon Ewuga, but that did not go down well with Maku, who held a parallel rally at Endehu on the same day Senator Ewuga was being presented by the elders at the Eggon Community Secondary School, Nasarawa Eggon.

The traditional ruler now sees Maku as a man who has no respect for his elders.