The Sa’akaruyi of Karu chiefdom in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Chief Emmanuel Kyauta Yepwi, has died at 76. A relative of the late monarch, Habaku Samson, who confirmed the sad development to Daily Trust on Saturday, April 15, said he died after a brief illness on Saturday morning at a private hospital in Kano State.

He said the late Sa’akaruyi was admitted at the Kano hospital before he passed on, adding that his remains would be brought to Abuja.
“Around 12pm today, a call came from Kano that Sa’akaruyi of Karu had passed on at the hospital. His body is being conveyed through the air to Abuja,” he said.
Samuel Danjuma, the special assistant to Senate Philip Aduda, who is said to be first cousins to the late chief, also confirmed the monarch’s death.