The Emir of Loko, Alhaji Ahmed Umar Sabo is dead, and has since been buried according to Islamic rites.

The Speaker of the Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Alhaji Musa Ahmed Mohammed was among those who attended the burial.

Shortly after the burial, the Speaker, Alhaji Musa Ahmed Mohammed described the death as a loss not only to the royal family and people of Loko Development Area, but to the state and the country as a whole.

He prayed that the family and people of Loko Development Area should accept and bear the loss in good faith.

Series of prayers were also held for the repose of the soul of the departed. Alhaji Ahmed Umar Sabo died at the Federal Medical Centre Keffi after a brief illness.

Left behind to mourn him are his two wives, 27 children and many grand children.

Among his children are Malam Adamu Umaru Sabo of the state ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Department and Jibrin Shehu Loko of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Jos.