The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has emerged as the new Emir of Kano after the throne
became vacant on Friday following the monarch’s death.
The Secretary to the Kano State Government, Rabiu
Zakariya, announced the name of the new Emir on today.
Kwankwaso had said yesterday at the Government House in
the state capital, that the announcement will made today (Sunday), after the
kingmakers of the Kano Emirate Council paid him a condolence visit.
“Insha Allah, by tomorrow (Sunday) those who are
responsible to announce the new emir will do so,” the governor said yesterday.
The former monarch, Alhaji Ado Bayero, died on Friday and
was buried the same day in accordance with Islamic rites with the Kano Emirate
flag flown at half-mast.
Those in attendance during the prayers include the Vice
President, Mr.Namadi Sambo, former military Head of State, General Muhammadu
Buhari, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno and his Jigawa state counterpart,
Sule Lamido. Also in attendance was the Sultan of Sokot,o Muhammed Sa’ad
Abubakar III. However, the Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was absent
during the burial.
Until his death, Ado Bayero, was the Chancellor of the
University of Ibadan.
He was the 13th Emir of Kano from the Fulani dynasty and
56th ruler of Kano Emirate from the late Abdullahi Bayero House.
Ado Bayero is survived by four wives and about 62
children.
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 31 July 1961) was
appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on 3 June 2009 and suspended
from office by President Goodlluck Jonathan on 20 February 2014 due to FRC
reports about reckless spending.
The global financial intelliegence magazine, The Banker,
published by the Financial Times, has conferred on Sanusi two awards, the
global award for Central Bank Governor of the Year, as well as for Central Bank
Governor of the Year for Africa.
The TIME magazine also listed Sanusi in its
TIMES 100 list of most influential people of 2011
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