Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, on the recommendation of the Kano Emirate council has appointed Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the new Emir of the state.
The announcement was confirmed by the Secretary to the Government few hours after Mohammed Sanusi II was dethroned and banished to Nasarawa State.
According to the Secretary: “Section 11 (1) of the Law has empowered the governor to appoint Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the emir of Kano,”
Here are things you didn’t know about the new Emir of Kano:
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- Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero is the son of former Emir of Kano: who ruled Kano from 1926-1953
- He’s now the fifteenth Emir under the Fulani Dynasty
- He’s a graduate of Mass Communication from the Bayero University, Kano
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- Until his appointment as Emir of Kano, he was the former Emir of Binchi: a newly created Emirates
- Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero was also a former Danmajen Kano, Dan Buran, Sarkin Dawakin Tsakar Gida and Wamban Kano.
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Following the death of late Emir Ado Bayero, the quest for the position of Emir of Kano was between Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Ado Bayero’s son, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero.
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