Breaking: Emir Of Kano Is Dead

A prominent Traditional ruler, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji. Ado Abdullahi Bayero is died. The Emir died early today in Kano.

According to family sources, the respected Emir died in the early hours of Friday in Kano.


Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero (CFR, LLD, JP) (July 25, 1930 - June 6, 2014)) was the emir Emir of Kano in Nigeria, a position he held from 1963 to his death . He was a former ambassador to Senegal. He was the son of Abdullahi Bayero dan Muhammad Abbas.

Ado Bayero was the 13th Fulani emir since the Fulani War of Usman dan Fodio, when the Fulani took over the Hausa city-states. 

He was one of the strongest and powerful emirs in the history of the Hausa land. He was renowned for his abundant wealth, maintained by means of stock market investments and large-scale agricultural entrepreneurship both at home and abroad.

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