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Another Monarch Dies in Kano

Alhaji Yusuf Bayero, the Dan’Iya of Kano, and uncle to the reigning emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, is dead.

Reports from Kano Emirate Palace confirmed the late District Head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area died after a protracted illness.

Bayero was said to be the first district head Ajingi Local Government Area in the history of Kano state.

The late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, had in 1993 appointed his younger brother Yusuf Bayero, as Dan Iyan Kano.

His death on Sunday swell the rank of prominent Kano individuals that had died in the last couple of weeks.

The influential monarch was born in 1933 and was a scribe in the Kano Native Authority where he served in sub district offices of the city.

He was a Member of the Northern Region House of Assembly where he became Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Kaduna Affairs before he returned to Kano after the Military Coup of 1966.

The late Dan Iyan Kano was appointed Dan Ruwata and the first District Head of Ajingi, but was retired by the PRP Government of Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi in 1981.

But, his late brother, the emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero reinstated him in 1983 as the Dan Ruwata and the District Head of Bichi.

He was subsequently promoted to Dan Isa, then Dan Buram and then Barde but all in Bichi until he was promoted to Dan Iya in 1993 and was transferred to Dawakin Kudu.

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