The Emir of Kano dies at 83

Alhaji-adobayero1 The Emir of Kano dies at 83 0 By Our Reporter on June 6, 2014 · Breaking News 468x60 One of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional rulers, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero, the Emir of Kano has died. Sunnewsonline.com gathered from some members of the family that the Emir died early today in Kano. The late Emir was aged 83. He be became the Emir of Kano in 1963 at the age of 33. The late emir will be buried today in Kano according to Islamic rites. Alhaji Ado Bayero was born on July 25, 1930, and was the emir Emir of Kano a position he held from 1963 to his death . He was a former Ambassador of Nigeria to Senegal and 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.