Mallam Umaru Altine - First Mayor of Enugu

Mallam Umaru Altine a Fulani Cattle dealer from Sokoto became the first Mayor of Enugu Municipal Council 1n 1956. Umoru Altine grew up during the reign of Sultan Siddique Abubakar.  Many of Umoru Altine’s own children were brought up in the house of late Sultan Maccido. A good number of Sultan Maccido’s children also experienced their childhood years at the Ungwar Sarki residence of Umoru Altine, and this is in keeping with Fulani culture. The late Mayor also came under the towering influence of Nnamdi Azikiwe, one in a series of benevolent mentors, who backed him immensely and played a role in making him Mayor.