The Emir of Lere, Brigadier General Abubakar Garba Muhammad (rtd), is dead.
The late emir, a former military governor of Sokoto State from August 1985 to September 1986, was the 13th traditional head of Lere, and he succeeded his late brother, Alhaji Umaru Muhammad, who died in 2011.
Born on April 15, 1944, Mohammed attended Lere and Soba Primary Schools between 1951 and 1958 before proceeding to Barewa College Zaria from 1959 to 1963.
He was at the Ahmadu Bello University between 1965 and 1966 before proceeding to the California Polytechnic in the United States.
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