Tagwai Sambo


Tagwai Sambo was the monarch of Asholyio Chiefdom with headquarters at Manchok, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also known by the title "Chief of Moro'a ".

Life

Sambo was born in Tsok (Manchok), Northern Region, British Nigeria on 24 December 1936. Sambo died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 87.

Kingship

Sambo was appointed Chief of Moroa and Member of the Jema’a Native Authority and also became a member, Northern House of Chiefs in 1966.
On the crises in the Southern Kaduna area, HRH Sambo in December 2016 said he hoped the Kaduna State governor would make a speech about the events if call for calm and dialogue in anticipation for peace.
Sambo became the founding chancellor of the Kaduna State University when it was established and remained so from 1 January 2005 until 11 March 2020 when the state governor, Nasir Elrufai, appointed the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu [Sanusi II], to replace him as the school's Chancellor just a week after his banishment from Kano.