Manu Ishaku Ada Ali has actually been crowned Aku-Uka of Wukari in the Kwararafa Kingdom of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State.

His installation came hardly three months after the demise of the chairman, Taraba Council of Chiefs, Dr Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi Kuvyu II.

The new Aku, who is the son of the 23rd Aku-Uka, Ada Ali Agbumanu, who ruled from 1974-1976, comes from the Bama Ruling House.

His crowning, which occurred on Friday in Wukari council, united the Jukun race from far and near in addition to dignitaries from the nooks and crannies of the country.

The new king, who is the 25th Aku-Uka of Kwararafa kingdom, was installed by the Kunvyi of Wukari, Manu Irimiya.D. Agbu, who stated the monarch emerged following his choice by the 4 kingmakers directed by the Supreme Oracle.

Elated by the advancement, the freshly set up monarch advised his subjects to throw their weights behind him to be successful in presiding over the affairs of the kingdom.

He urged those who objected to for the stool in addition to him to sign up with hands with him to make the kingdom a better place, promising to bring everybody along.

Earlier, the state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Haruna Istifanus Gbana, advised the new Aku to endeavour to work round the clock to herald the much-needed peace and unity in Jukun land.

Distancing federal government from the choice process, he said the workout was simply traditional.

Born on 24th March 1946, the brand-new Aku holds Higher National Diploma (HND) in Forestry from the premier Federal College of Forestry Jos, Plateau State.

He joined the civil service in 1965 and retired in the year 2000 as Chief Forestry Superintendent after 35 years of meritorious service.