Aminu Ado Bayero

Aminu Ado Bayero (born 1961) is the 15th Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan.[1] He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.[2]

Aminu Ado Bayero
Emir of Kano
Reign	9 March 2020 – present
Predecessor	Muhammad Sanusi II
Full name Aminu Ado Bayero
House	Dabo
Father	Ado Bayero
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Family

Aminu Ado Bayero was born in 1961. His father, Ado Bayero, was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014 and the longest serving emir in the history of Kano. He is the second eldest son of his father. His siblings include his eldest brother Sanusi Ado Bayero, and Nasiru Ado Bayero the Emir of Bichi.[3] His father's grandnephew, Muhammadu Sanusi II succeeded his father as Emir of Kano from 2014 till 2020 when he was dethroned by the Kano State government.[4]

Education

He attended Kofar Kudu Primary School and proceeded to Government College, Birnin Kudu. He studied mass communication at the Bayero University Kano and went to Flying College, Oakland, California, US.[5] He did his one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps at the Nigeria Television Authority in Makurdi.[6]

Early career

Bayero worked as a public relations officer at Kabo Air, before becoming a flight engineer.[7]

Titles and engagement

In 1990, he was appointed Dan Majen Kano and district head of Dala by his father, Ado Bayero, before being promoted to Dan Buram Kano in October of the same year.[8] In 1992, he was promoted to Turakin Kano and to Sarkin Dawakin Tsakar Gida Kano in 2000. He also served as the chairman of the Kano emirate durbar committee.[9] In 2014, the then emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, promoted him to Wamban Kano, thereby, transferring him from Dala to Kano municipal where he succeeded Galadiman Kano, Alhaji Tijani Hashim as the district head.[7][10] In 2019, he was appointed emir of Bichi by the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.[11][5]

Emir of Kano

Accession

He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by the Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.[12]

References

1. Benson, Nneoma (9 March 2020). "Ganduje appoints Aminu Ado Bayero as 15th Fulani Emir of Kano". The ICIR. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. "Local power play ends the reign of northern Nigeria's emir of Kano · Global Voices". Global Voices. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. PRNigeria (9 March 2020). "Bayero's Sons, Aminu and Nasiru Become Emirs of Two Emirates in Kano". PRNigeria News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
4. "Nigeria's revered emir dethroned for 'disrespect'". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
5. Mohammed, Farouk (9 March 2020). "Biography of Aminu Ado Bayero, the new Emir of Kano". okay.ng. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
6. Adewale, Murtala (18 May 2019). "'The split of Kano Emirate was never my wish, but things change with time'". The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
7. "Kano_Emirate-Hakimai" (PDF). kanoemirate.org. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
8. Alao, Abiodun (9 March 2020). "Five things to know about the new Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
9. Odeyemi, Joshua (9 March 2020). "Who is Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the new Emir of Kano?". Daily Trust Newspaper. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
10. Adewale, Murtala (9 March 2020). "Aminu Ado Bayero may succeed Sanusi as emir of Kano". The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
11. "Unstoppable Ganduje presents letters to Emir Ado Bayero, 3 others". P.M. News. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
12. "BREAKING: Aminu Ado Bayero Emerges New Emir Of Kano". Leadership Newspaper. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

Aminu Ado Bayero House of Dabo Born: 1961
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi	Emir of Kano 2020–present	Succeeded by incumbent