201:, Northern Nigeria. He was the son of Etsu Usman Patako late King of Pategi. He started his early education at Pategi Primary School and then went to Ilorin Middle School. Then later on he went to Kaduna to live with his uncle Alhaji Audu Bida whose assistant he became at home. He also worked with the public works department in the mechanical store, before joining the
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that's where the name (Samanja) came on, the way
Sergeant and Major due to control and commands of the order ranks and stated that acting gives him more joy and happiness that's why he retired and returned to his acting career. He mostly performed in the Army Day Celebration, even the one as General
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his father was the Etsu Usman Patako, the king of Pategi and also his grandfather was a king who later his father succeeded after death, he scarified and declined to be Etsu Pategi (King of Pategi) because of the career he aimed to be, he left the throne for his little brother Etsu
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Pategi is one among the notable
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Pategi who was born into the royalty house of an emirate, was also the heir to the Etsu Pategi
Emirate, but pursued his dream career; acting after reported being the main candidate for his father and great grandfather throne as Etsu Pategi, a Nupe town in now
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who died in 2017 and was succeeded by Umaru Bologi. He mostly appears as a police or soldier in their common practice and dramatized moves in the movie industry, when asked he said
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came looking for youth in
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Pategi received popularity from the film
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In 2010, he was in India for surgery for a heart illness which later N1.5 million was given by the
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