The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has appointed Alhaji Yakubu Layi Gobir as the new Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate.
This is contianed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Emir’s spokesman, Mallam Abdulazeez Arowona.
He succeeds Capt. Muhammed Ahmad Yusuf Gobir who died recently.
The new Sarkin Gobir, a Pharmacist by profession, was until his new appointment the Madawaki of Ilorin Emirate and Waziri Kasar Hausa.
The Emir urged the entire members of Gobir Community of Ilorin Emirate to support the new Sarkin Gobir to foster peace, unity and progress in the Ilorin Emirate and beyond.
Alhaji Sulu-Gambari therefore prayed Allah to grant Alhaji Yakubu Layi Gobir sound health,wisdom and absolute guidance with long reign on the stool as the Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate.