Emir Of Gombe Visits Ancestor’s Historic Sites In Shelleng
The emir of Gombe Abubakar Shehu Abubakar has visited the historic sites and base of his ancestor, the first Emir of Gombe, Buba Yero in Shelleng community of Adamawa State.
The places he visited included the Qur’anic school established by the first emir when he was a religious scholar before he founded Gombe emirate which developed now as a state.
Other places were the mosque built by late Buba Yero on Shelleng mountain and the grave of the wife of the first emir.
According to a traditional title holder in the emir’s entourage, the ‘Sarkin Tafarkin Gombe’ Alhaji Jalo Ganga who spoke to DAYLIGHT REPORTERS, Buba Yero was born and brought up in Shelleng, Adamawa State.
He said he acquired islamic knowledge, established Qur’anic school known as ‘Tsangaya’ , a mosque on Shelleng rock and later went to Sokoto where he was permitted by the founder of Sokoto sultanate Usman Dan Fodio to form Gombe emirate.
“Buba Yero was son of Malam Usman, a Fulani man and herder. He married the daughter of the traditional ruler of Shelleng called Janaba who gave birth to Buba Yero. He grew up to be an Islamic scholar and built his school which we visited.
“He also studied under Dan Fodio and was given flag to form Gombe emirate. He didn’t go back to Shelleng, that is how the history of Gombe began.
“We visited the grave of Buba Yero’s mother, his islamic school and Friday mosque.”, he explained.
He claimed that during the visit, they could sight the remnant of ashes of firewoods used by Yero over 200 years ago in the Tsangaya and prayed in the old Friday mosque on the mountain led by a popular islamic cleric Sheikh Abdullahi Gadon Kaya who was part of the entourage and visited the grave of Janaba, Yero’s mother near a baobab tree.
Also speaking with DAYLIGHT REPORTERS, the Danlawan of Gombe Dr. Sani Jauro said two past Gombe emirs had visited the historic sites in Shelleng and now the current emir was visiting the places in a colourful manner for the first time since he ascended the throne.
DAYLIGHT REPORTERS reports that some of the people that accompanied emir Abubakar Shehu Abubakar during the visit included the emir of Keffi in Nassarawa State, Sarkin Malam Gombe, Ahmed Abubakar Walama, Emir of Funakaye and top traditional title holders of Gombe like Galadima, Ajiya, Sarkin Tafarki, Danlawan, Dan’amar, Madaki, Ubandoma, Sarkin Kudu and many other district heads.
