Aminu Ado Bayero , (born 21 August 1961) is a former

Emir of Kano The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate. During an ...

having served as the 15th Fulani

from the

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clan. He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his cousin Muhammad Sanusi II by

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Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (born 25 December 1949) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He ...

. He is the

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of the

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Early life

Family

Aminu Ado Bayero was born on August 21, 1961. His father,

Ado Bayero Ado Bayero CFR, LLD, JP (25 July 1930 – 6 June 2014) was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014. Early life Lineage Ado Bayero was born on 25 July 1930 into the royal family of the Fulani Sullubawa clan that has ruled over the Emirate of ...

, was the

from 1963 to 2014 and the longest serving emir in the

history of Kano Kano ( Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within . Located in the savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano ...

. He is the second eldest son to the late emir. His siblings include his eldest brother Sanusi Ado Bayero, and

Nasiru Ado Bayero Nasir Ado Bayero, OFR (born 2 February 1964) is a Nigerian banker and businessman. He is the former Emir of Bichi, a Nigerian traditional state, Kano State, Nigeria. He ascended the throne from his brother Aminu Ado Bayero who was named as the ...

, the Emir of

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. His father's grandnephew,

Muhammadu Sanusi II Muhammadu Sanusi II, (Ajami script, Ajami: محمد السنوسي, ''Muhammadu Sanusi na biyu'' ; born 31 July 1961), known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II (Ajami script, Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is the spiritual leader (''k ...

succeeded his father as Emir of Kano from 2014 until 2020 when he was dethroned by the

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government.

Education

Aminu received early Islamic education at home, where he learnt the

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, Polythem,

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and

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(traditions of the acts and sayings of

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). He attended Kofar Kudu Primary School and proceeded to

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. He studied mass communication at the

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and went to Flying College in Oakland, California. He did his one-year mandatory

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at the Nigeria Television Authority in

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Early career

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

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. 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. 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. In 2019, he was appointed

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Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria *Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State ** Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries ** Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom betwee ...

by the

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. In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of

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(CFR) was conferred on him by President

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Emir of Kano

Accession and removal

He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by the

Governor of Kano state This is a list of administrators and governors of Kano State. Kano State was formed on 27 May 1967 when the Northern region was split into Benue-Plateau, Kano, Kwara, North-Central, North-Eastern and North-Western states. See also *States ...

. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Saturday 3 July 2021 presented staff of office to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. In May 2023, a new governor ordered his dethronement and the reinstatement of the previous emir. The deposed emir has since been defiant, refusing to acknowledge his removal, and occupying one of the mini-palaces belonging to the emirate.

References

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