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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SANSANI CHIEFDOM

The people of the newly created Sansani Chiefdom migrated from Jibu in the then Wukari division of the Kwararrafa Kingdom in 1868 during the reign of Lamido Yerima Abubakar Shishi in Jibu who went east with his supporters across the river Donga following hostilities in Jibu Chiefdom by the Europeans. Jankada Emirate Council palaces locate at latitude 8.4342072°, longitude 10.1940502°.

Lamido Yerima Abubakar Shishi and his followers first settled at Kufayi where he saver as a district head before finally moving to the present day Sansani in 1872, which had common boundary with Sandirde at kogin Sharo.

Yarima Shishi ruled Sansani Between 1872-1902, after his demise his brother Adamu Kuyanbana was installed as the chief and ruled between 1902-1917. It was during the rule of Hamma Adama in 1919 when the Sansani District was merged with Gassol in Muri Province, Hamma Adama ruled between 1917 to 1923.

After Hamma Adama, then Hamma Gabdo  from1923 to 1933, then Idris Maigari from 1933 to 1940, then Muhammed Abdullahi from 1940 to 1952.

The first District Head of Sansani Alh. Nuhu Muhammed Bello was born in Sansani in 1936 and was turbaned as Village of Sansani in 1952 at the age of sixteen (16) years, which is the seventh Village Head of Sansani, he was turbaned as the Village Head of Sansani by the Late Emir of Muri Alhaji Muhammadu Mafindi in 1952, a year before the death of the Emir.

It is worthy to note here that, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammed Bello, has been a Village Head for 59 years. At the moment he is not only the longest serving Village Head in the whole of Muri Emirate but is the only living Legend turbaned by the Late Emir of Muri Muhammad Mafindi.

Alhaji Nuhu Muhammed Bello was first appointed as District Head of Sansani on the 29th September, 1983 by the Abubakar Barde Administration in the defunct Gongola State. Unfortunately the District was scrapped along with others when the Military junta took power in the same year.

Alh. Nuhu Muhammed Bello Serve as Village Head of Sansani from 1952 to 2011, he turbaned again during Pharm Danbaba Danfulani Suntai the Executive Governor of Taraba State.

EMIR OF SANSANI CHIEFDOM