Nigeria, June 25 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been stripped of his traditional title of Wazirin Adamawa following a new directive by the state government

Atiku was turbaned the seventh Waziri of Adamawa Emirate in November 2018 by the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo, becoming next in rank to the Lamido.

However, the state government has now directed traditional rulers to remove kingmakers and council members who are not indigenes of their emirates or chiefdoms.

Atiku is from Jada in Ganye Emirate.

The state government's directive is in a circular dated 19 June, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Chieftaincy Affairs, Adama Felicity Mamman. The circular was addressed to the secretaries of the Emi...