Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero is dead

The Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero,is dead. He died on Friday morning. The Emir would have been 84 on July 25.

Walin Kano, Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali in a live broadcast on Radio Kano confirmed the death. One of the princes, who does not want his name in print added that the Emir died of heart related ailment Friday morning.

He said that the condition of the Emir worsened yesterday and there was a concluded

arrangement to charter an Air Ambulance to ferry him overseas.

Meanwhile, radio stations in the City have suspended their scheduled programmes and substituted them with the recititation of the Holy Quran.

The late emir will be buried today in Kano according to Islamic rites.

Sources close to the Government House disclosed that Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has abandoned the meeting of Progressive Governors Forum holding in Port Harcourt en route to the city.

The late Ado Bayero was the son of Abdullahi Bayero, the former emir, who reigned for 27 years.  Ado ascended the throne on  October 22, 1963, becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano Kingdom.  He is one of the longest-serving emirs in the emirate’s history.

He was a former chancellor of the University of Nigeria and until his death, the chancellor of the University of Ibadan.

On 19 January 2013, a failed assassination attempt left two of his sons injured and his driver and bodyguard dead, among others.