A Little History on the Late Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero
Like every great leader, the story of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero, is simply remarkable.
Quite naturally, the emirate is such that interests every student of history, not only because of the setup but also because royalty bears amazing tales.
Eighty-three years and 50 years on the throne, there is no mistaking the fact that if the Bayero story was scripted into a movie, it probably would remain a box office favourite for a long time.
Ado Abdullahi Bayero, who had kept a low-profile because of his illness, died Friday after a long battle with cancer and has been buried according to Islamic rites.
The Niger Times shares a short life story of one of Nigeria's most prominent Islamic leader. Read below:
Ado Abdullahi Bayero was born to the family of Hajiya Hasiya and Abdullahi Bayero and into the Fulani Sullubawa clan that has presided over the emirate of Kano since 1819. He was the eleventh child of his father and the second of his mother. At the age of seven, he was sent to live with Maikano Zagi.
He started his education in Kano studying Islam, after which he attended Kano Middle School. He graduated from the School of Arabic Studies in 1947. He then worked as a bank clerk for the Bank of British West Africa until 1949, when he joined the Kano Native Authority. He attended Zaria Clerical College in 1952. In 1954, he won a seat to the Northern regional House of Assembly.
He was head of the Kano Native Authority police division from 1957 until 1962, during which he tried to minimize the practice of briefly detaining individuals and political opponents on the orders of powerful individuals in Kano. He then became the Nigerian ambassador to Senegal. During this time he enrolled in a French language class.
On 22 October 1963, he succeeded his half brother Muhammadu Inuwa who reigned after their for 27 years as Emir of Kano becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano Kingdom.
In 2002 he led a Kano elders forum in opposing the onshore and offshore abrogation bill.
On 19 January 2013, a failed assassination attempt left two of his sons injured and his driver and bodyguard dead, among others.
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Ado Bayero marked his golden jubilee (50 years of reign) as the ruler of the emirate last year June the 15, 2013 which saw the likes of prominent Nigerians such as the Vice President Namadi Sambo, richest African Aliko Dangote, former President General Abdulsalami Abubakar and many more in Attendance.
He died on 6 June 2014.
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Sources: BBC, Thisday, Wikipedia
Photos: Facebook (His Royal Majesty Dr Ado Bayero 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee 1963-2013)
Quite naturally, the emirate is such that interests every student of history, not only because of the setup but also because royalty bears amazing tales.
Eighty-three years and 50 years on the throne, there is no mistaking the fact that if the Bayero story was scripted into a movie, it probably would remain a box office favourite for a long time.
Ado Abdullahi Bayero, who had kept a low-profile because of his illness, died Friday after a long battle with cancer and has been buried according to Islamic rites.
The Niger Times shares a short life story of one of Nigeria's most prominent Islamic leader. Read below:
Ado Abdullahi Bayero was born to the family of Hajiya Hasiya and Abdullahi Bayero and into the Fulani Sullubawa clan that has presided over the emirate of Kano since 1819. He was the eleventh child of his father and the second of his mother. At the age of seven, he was sent to live with Maikano Zagi.
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| Hajiya Hasiya and Abdullahi Bayero (Ado Bayero's Parents) |
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| Ado Bayero as a young Native Authority Police Officer |
On 22 October 1963, he succeeded his half brother Muhammadu Inuwa who reigned after their for 27 years as Emir of Kano becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano Kingdom.
As emir, he became a patron of Islamic scholarship and embraced Western education as a means to succeed in a modern Nigeria. The constitutional powers of the emir were whittled down by the military regimes between 1966 and 1979.
The Native Authority Police and Prisons Department was abolished, the emir's judicial council was supplanted by another body, and local government reforms in 1968, 1972, and 1976 reduced the powers of the emir. During the second republic, he witnessed hostilities from the People's Redemption Party led government of Abubakar Rimi.
The Native Authority Police and Prisons Department was abolished, the emir's judicial council was supplanted by another body, and local government reforms in 1968, 1972, and 1976 reduced the powers of the emir. During the second republic, he witnessed hostilities from the People's Redemption Party led government of Abubakar Rimi.
In 2002 he led a Kano elders forum in opposing the onshore and offshore abrogation bill.
On 19 January 2013, a failed assassination attempt left two of his sons injured and his driver and bodyguard dead, among others.
Ado Bayero marked his golden jubilee (50 years of reign) as the ruler of the emirate last year June the 15, 2013 which saw the likes of prominent Nigerians such as the Vice President Namadi Sambo, richest African Aliko Dangote, former President General Abdulsalami Abubakar and many more in Attendance.
Bayero is one of the longest-serving emirs in the emirate's history.
He died on 6 June 2014.
May his Soul Rest in Aljannah Firdaus
Photos: Facebook (His Royal Majesty Dr Ado Bayero 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee 1963-2013)
A Little History on the Late Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero
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Death is inevitable, May Allah grant their families and the people of kano the fortitude to bear these great lost. Amin!
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