Late Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero (CFR, LLD, JP) was born on July 25, 1930 and died on June 6, 2014. Before his death, he was the Emir of Kano, a position he held from 1963 to today. 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. Allah ya jikan Mai Martaba Sarki!
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:20:41 +0000