Patigi Emirate is Nigeria traditional state founded 1898 by Idrissu Gana I the first monarch of the emirate, the name patigi means ' small hill ' the emirate situated in pategi local government of

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and the capital of

Pategi Pategi or Patigi is a town and Local government in Kwara State, Nigeria with the headquarters located at the town. The town is the headquarters of Pategi Emirate. It is inhabited by the Nupe people who also exhibit a linguistic repertoire of the ...

The Kingdom

The emirate was founded by Idrssu Gana who, in 1898, led a group (Kede), a subgroup of the

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extract from Bida in the conquest by the Colony empire and the emirate is inhabited by the Nupe people and linguistic dialect of

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, most of the people there are farmer trader and fishermen. The emirate are entire Nupe speaking people and it host a boating festival known as

Pategi Regatta Festival The Patigi Regatta Fest founded in 1949 but first took place in 1952. It is a Pategi Emirate boating event in Nigeria featuring the boating races, fishing and swimming. History The fest is host at terrain of Niger River in Patigi Beach which w ...

performed mostly at the terrain of Niger River in the Patigi Beach. The boat fest was historical and significant tourism said by Professor Idrissu Aliyu it was founded by traditional council of the emirate in 1949 by two councils leader, Ahman Pategi and Etsu Umaru Bologi I it was first started in 1952 also features the part of people living in the bank of the river in Niger Kwara and Niger Kogi. The festival which consists of boat or canoe racing includes display in Niger Gbaradogi in the river bank west, the emirate also features in the Nupe Cultural Day which is performed yearly in July and mark as the history of the entire Nupe conquest against the british colony.

List of rulers

The title king in pategi is known as Etsu of Patigi. The present Etsu of Patigi is Alhaji Umar Bologi II. List of the traditional rulers of the Patigi emirate known as Etsu Patigi founded in 16th century: * Etsu Idrissu Gana dan Muazu Isa I (b. 1856 - d. 1900). 1898 - 1900 * Muazu Isa dan Idrissu Gana (b. 1882 - d. 1923). November 1900 - 1923 * Usman Tsadi dan Muazu Isa (d. 1931) 1923 -January 1931 * Umaru dan Muazu Isa (b. 1898 - d. 1949) January 1931 - 1949 * Umaru Ibrahim Bologi 1st term (b.1939 - 2018) 1949 - 1966 * Idrissu Gana II (b. 1933 - d. 2005) 26 October 1966 - 2005 * Haliru Ibrahim Bologi Chatta II (b. 1958 - 2019) 1999 - 2019 * Umar Bologi II (born 1982) 2018 present.

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{{Reflist Nigerian traditional states 1898 establishments in Africa Nupe Kwara State Emirates *