Aminu ado bayero biography of rory

Former Emir of Kano

Mal Aminu Ado Bayero(Listen^ⓘ), CFR (born 21 August 1961) is the Former Emir of Kano having served as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano from the FulaniSullubawa clan.^[1] He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by GovernorDr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.^[2] He was deposed as emir in 2024 after the Emirates law that had divided Kano into five Emirates was repealed. He is the chancellor of the University of Calabar.^[3][4]

Early life

Family

Aminu Ado Bayero was born on August 21, 1961. His father, Ado Bayero, was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014^[5] and the longest serving emir in the history of Kano. He is the second eldest son to the late emir. His siblings include his eldest brother Sanusi Ado Bayero, and Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi.^[6] His father's grandnephew, Muhammadu Sanusi II succeeded his father as Emir of Kano