The Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission has announced that it recently dismissed six traditional rulers, relieving them of their appointments for reported involvement in partisan politics.
Nasiru Ibrahim Dewu, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Commission, who made the revelation in a statement on Friday, had revealed that the dismissed traditional rulers were from the Bauchi and Katagum Emirates of the state.
He added that the discharged traditional rulers had been ordered to hand over the affairs of their respective domains to their secretaries.
Two Emirate councils would also be appointed as overseeing officers, until the appointment of substantive traditional rulers by the commission, according to Dewu.
The affected traditional rulers from Katagum Emirates include: Aminu Muhammed Malamu, the District Head of Dubi, Basir Kabir Umar, the District Head of Azare,
Umar Omar, the Village Head of Tafiya, and Umar Bani, the Village Head of Tarmasawa.
The affected traditional rulers from Bauchi Emirate include: Bello Sulaiman, the Village Head of Beni, and Yusuf Aliyu Badara, the Village Head of Badara.
