Muhammadu Kobo dan Aliyu Gana, OBE, CON (1910 – 13 June 2002) was the 11th Etsu Lapai of

Lapai Emirate The Lapai Emirate, today in Nigeria, is a traditional state that lies near the Gurara River, a tributary to the Niger River, formerly originally inhabited where Gbari People, and presently came under the power of Nupe people, covering roughly the s ...

, a traditional state from (1953 – June 2002) succeeded by his nephew Umaru Bago Tafida II the 12th Etsu Lapai.

Education and career

Etsu Kobo was born into the royal house of

. He started his education in Agaie Elementary School from (1920 - 1922) and later attend the Bida Provincial School finishing in 1928 and then attended Katsina Teachers Training College graduated there with teacher grade II in 1932 and later had his certificate in Local Government Administration at the

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. He started his career as a teacher in Bida province school where he also served as headmaster and was later transferred to Okene primary schools (later changed as Okene middle school). He would later become headmaster in Katsina-Ala province school and Zaria Province middle school. He quit his teaching career in 1948 and joined politics where he was elected as a member of the Northern Federal House of Assembly. He was also Tswaidan of Lapai Emirate and Bida Native Authority before his appointment as the Etsu Lapai Emirate in 1954. During his tenure in the Northern House of representatives, he was awarded

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(OBE) by the Queen Elizabeth of England. Kobo also served as head of Northern Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NNBC) in 1953.

Posts held as Emir includes

*Member Federal Scholarship and Appointment Board (1952–53) *Member, Regional Medical Advisory Board (1955–57) *Member, Regional Development Corporation (1955–59) *Member, College of Arts, Science & Technology, Zaria (1952–62) *Chairman Government Delegation to Libya and Pakistan to study Penal Code system (1958) *Chairman Regional Board of Governors, NBC (1961–66) *Member National Council of Arts and Culture (1970–75) *Chairman North Western State Arts Council (1970–76) *Chairman North Western State Development Advisory Board (1973–76) *Chancellor, Kano State University (1992–93) *Patrons in Barewa Old Boys Association (BOBA) and Gamji Member's Association

Publication

He was also a writer, he published a book titled A ''Short Foundation History of Lapai Emirate'' in English, Hausa and Nupe. He was an elderly statesman, his burial was led by the Etsu Nupe Umaru Sanda Ndayako and the attendance of Gen.

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, Abdulkadir Kure, and Senator Isa Mohammed Bagudu.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobo, Muhammadu 1910 births 2002 deaths Emirs of Lapai 20th-century African people Nupe Nigerian traditional rulers Commanders of the Order of the Niger Officers of the Order of the British Empire