LIVE PICTURES FROM THE EMIR OF KANO BURIAL

These are live pictures from the burial of the late emir of Kano Ahaji Dr Ado Bayero , who Died yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Kano residents trooped  for the one rakaa prayer and burial procession,  the late Emir of Kano Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero (CFR, LLD, JP) (25 July 1930 – 6 June 2014) was the Emir of Kano in Nigeria, from 1963 to his death. Bayero was seen as one of Nigeria's most prominent and revered Muslim leaders[1] who was a successful businessman and had worked as a banker, police officer, MP and diplomat. He was a former ambassador to Senegal. He was the son of Abdullahi Bayero dan Muhammad Abbas. Ado Bayero was the 13th Fulani emir since the Fulani War of Usman dan Fodio, when the Fulani took over the Hausa city-states. He was one of the strongest and most powerful emirs in the history of the Hausa land. He was renowned for his abundant wealth, maintained by means of stock market investments and large-scale agricultural entrepreneurship both at home and abroad, May his soul rest in Peace