Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that the Emir died of heart related ailment today’s morning and will be buried on today in Kano.
The Walin Kano, Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali, confirmed the monarch’s death in a live broadcast on Radio Kano.
An in law to the monarch broke the
news of Bayero’s death to odogwuemekaodogwu.com by 9 am. Late Emir of Kano was enthroned in 1963 and stabilized Kano
even though his shortcomings had resulted in clashes leading to death of many
Christians. He reigned and revered till his death.
He was a former ambassador to
Senegal and 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 and known in the palace as
Takar.
He was renowned for his abundant
wealth, maintained by means of stock market investments and large-scale
agricultural entrepreneurship both at home and abroad.
He was attacked by Boko Haram on
January 21, 2013 before traveling abroad for medical treatment for his ailing
health and returned home on February 23,2014 even as on February 16th,
2014 President Jonathan holds secret meeting with him on Boko Haram solution
which he gave his advise.
The late Ado Bayero in January last year
survived an assassination attempt which injured his two sons.His driver and bodyguard were killed in the incident.
Ado Bayero is the son of Abdullahi Bayero, the former emir, who reigned for 27 years.
He was installed the Emir of Kano on October 22, 1963, becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano Kingdom.
Before Ado Bayero became the emir, he served as the chief of the Kano police.
During his tenure, the emirate was transformed from a powerful native authority into a custodian of Hausa language and Islamic traditions.
Bayero’s palace played host to official visits by many government personnel and foreigners, but in 1981 former governor Abubakar Rimi restricted traditional homage paid by village heads to Ado Bayero and excised some domains from his emirate.
In 1984, a travel ban was placed on the emir and his friend – the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade by the Muhammadu Buhari military regime.
He was until his death on Friday morning, the chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
His history according to Wikipedia
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.[1]
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History
Inside the Emir's reception room
Ado Bayero is the Emir of Kano and the son of Abdullahi Bayero, the former emir, who reigned
for 27 years. Muhammadu Sanusi
who was Ado Bayero's half brother ruled after their father from 1953-1963.
Following his dethronement in 1963, Muhammadu Inuwa ruled only for three months.
After his death, Ado Bayero ascended the throne in October 1963. Bayero is one
of the longest-serving emirs in the emirate's history. During his tenure, the
emirate has been transformed from a powerful native authority into a custodian
of Hausa language and Islamic traditions. Bayero's
palace plays host to official visits by many government personnel and
foreigners, but in 1981 Governor Abubakar Rimi restricted traditional homage paid
by village heads to Ado Bayero and excised some domains from his emirate. In
1984, a travel ban was placed on the emir and his friend Okunade Sijuwade. Although the military are
sometimes seen as relying on traditional rulers for support, many military regimes
in the past reduced the powers of traditional rulers such as Bayero.
Bayero is a former chancellor of the
University of Nigeria
and currently the chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
He has served as the chief of the Kano police. He was installed the Emir of
Kano on October 22, 1963, becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano
Kingdom.He died on the 6th of June 2014.[clarification needed]
Early
life
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.
In 1963, he succeeded Muhammadu Inuwa as Emir of Kano.
Emir
Bayero became emir during the first
republic, at a time when Nigeria was going through rapid social and political
changes and regional, sub-regional and ethnic discord was increasing. In his
first few years, two pro-Kano political movements gained support among some
Kano elites. The Kano People's Party
emerged during the reign of Muhammadu Inuwa and supported the deposed Emir
Sanusi, but it soon evaporated. The Kano State Movement emerged towards the end
of 1965 and favored more economic autonomy for the province.
The death in 1966 of many political
agitators from northern Nigeria, and the subsequent establishment of a unitary
state, consolidated a united front in the northern region but also resulted in
a spate of violence there, including in Kano. Bayero's admirers credit him with
bringing calm and stability during this and later crises in Kano.
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.
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.[2]
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