One of Nigeria's most prominent rulers the Emir of Kano Ado Abdullahi Bayero passed on today.
He is said to be buried soon according to Islamic/Muslim rites..
RIP to the departed.
See President Goodluck Jonathan's press release on the monarch's death below..
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with immense sadness and a deep feeling of great national loss, news of the passing away of the highly revered Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero earlier today
On behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria, President Jonathan commiserates with the Emir's family and all the people of Kano over whom the departed Emir presided illustriously as traditional ruler for more than half a century.
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