Kuvyon II

Kuvyon II (Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi) is the 27th and incumbent Aku Uka (paramount ruler) of Kwararafa and [1] 13th since the founding of the Wukari Federation, a Jukun tradition state in Middle Belt, Nigeria.[2][3][4] He is also the Chairman, Taraba State Council of Traditional Rulers[5] and Chancellor, Federal University Dutse.[6]

Dr. Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi Kuvyon II, CFR
His Royal Majesty
Monarch of Wukari Federation
Aku Uka of Wukari; Chairman, Taraba State Council of Traditional Rulers; Chancellor, Federal University Dutse
In office1976 - present
CoronationByepyi (Beipi)
PredecessorAda Ali Agbumanu V (reigned 1974-6)
BornWukari, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria)
Spouse
Ayondo Kande Masa-Ibi (née Manu Aju Finshi)
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(m. 1961)​
Full name
Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi
FatherAngyu Masa-Ibi Ashumanu IV (reigned 1940-5)
ReligionChristianity
Occupation• Aku Uka

Working career

Kuvyon II was, as of March 1961, a Personal Assistant to the Executive Officer in the Ministry of Animal Health, Kaduna and then became a Personal Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary, Northern Region. He got transferred to Lagos as Personal Assistant to the Chairman, Electricity Corporation of Nigeria (ECN) in 1963, and finally retired from civil service after the January 1966 Military Coup to start a business enterprise in Makurdi, later a part of Benue-Plateau State.[7]

Kingship

Masa-Ibi was crowned Kuvyon II at Byepi, in 1976[2] as the 27th monarch of Kwararafa[1] and the 13th from the founding of the Wukari Federation.[2] The 40th anniversary of his ascendancy to the throne was marked on Friday 17th and Saturday 18 March 2017, at the Kwararafa University permanent site, Wukari.[6]

As regards the prolonged land dispute between the Jukun and Tiv, Kuvyon II in August 2020 was said to have related the issue with a prolonged unresolved boundary adjustment.[5][8]

Personal life

As reported by PSR Magazine, Kuvyon II had been husband to Ayondo Kande Masa-Ibi (née Manu Aju Finshi) since 1961, and the couple have ten children and also blessed with grandchildren.[7]

References
  1. "(Dr.) Shekarau Angyu, CFR" (in Hausa). Rumbun Ilimi. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. Angyu, Y. I. (2016). Understanding The Jukun (Wapan) Language. Regal Arts and Computers. pp. 79–81. ISBN 978-6212-2-2-3.
  3. "Dr Shekarau Angyu Masa Ibi Kuvyon II, the incumbent Aku Uka of Wukari". Intervention. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "Aku Uka of Wukari". Kingdoms of Nigeria. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. Bolaji, Femi (24 August 2020). "Aku-Uka links unresolved boundary adjustment to prolonged Jukun, Tiv Crisis". Jalingo: Vanguard. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "40th Anniversary of the Aku Uka Holds Friday and Saturday". Taraba State Government. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "MASA-IBI, Chief Kande Shekarau Angyu". People & Power. 31 December 2020.
  8. Ojih, Andrew (25 August 2020). "Unresolved boundary adjustment, cause of Tiv, Jukun crisis – Aku Uka". Blueprint. Retrieved 31 December 2020.


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