The Katsina Emirate Council has announced the suspension of durbar during the Eid-el-Kabir festivity slated for Saturday.
The suspension was announced in a statement in Katsina yesterday by the Council’s Assistant Secretary, Alhaji Sule Mamman-Dee.
He said the suspension was due to the current security situation in the state.
According to Mamman-Dee, the Emir, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir-Usman expressed deep concern over the security situation in parts of the emirate and said he would only attend the Eid prayers on Saturday.
He said the Emir advised Muslims to continue to pray for the return of peace to the state and the country in general.
The Durbar festival dates back hundreds of years and it involves the display of horse-riding skills by districts and nobility households, who pay homage to the Emir on Eid Day, known in Katsina as “Hawan Daushe.
The Emir leads a contingent of members of the Emirate Council, district and village heads in a procession of horses, known as “Hawan Bariki” to pay homage to the state governor, a day after Eid.
The spokesperson of the Daura Emirate Council, Alhaji Usman Ibrahim told reporters that the council had also suspended the Sallah durbar across the emirate.
According to Ibrahim, the Emir Alhaji Faruk Umar-Faruk has directed all the district heads under the emirate to perform their Eid-El Kabir prayers in their domains
