Emir Of Kano Meets Ex- Head  Of State, General Yakubu Gowon

Abubakar Shehu Kwaru

The Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero on Monday paid a solidarity visit to the former Head of state and commander in chief of the Nigeria Armed forces General Yakubu Gowon, in Abuja.

The ascension of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano

The visit which lasted in more than thirty minutes was held in a close door at a personal residence of the former Head of state, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The Kano Monarch already embarked on a familiarization and respect tour to the national figures including emirs, state Governors, top government functionaries, and other deserving bodies and personalities.

The audience gave the room for the visitor to be couched and counseled on the leadership strategies so as to follow the exact footprint of his father late Ado Bayero who reigned as Emir of Kano for over five decades.

The former principal private secretary to the Emir of kano late Alhaji Ado Bayero Malam Isah Bayero (Pilot) is on course to make the Royal tour a hitch-free and most successful.

General Yakubu Gowon was Nigeria’s Head of state from July 29, 1966, to July 29, 1975 , during his reign Nigeria prosecuted the Civil War that threatens the co-existence of Nigeria as one.

General Gowon Greeting Emir Bayero

The 86 year old Nigerian Head of state was Very close to Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero’s father and the 13th Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Ado Bayero who reigns for 51 years and died on the throne on the 6th of June 2014, that is exactly 6 years ago.

General Yakubu Gown was also the one who chaired Late Emir Ado Bayero’s 45th anniversary on the throne of Kano in October 2008.

During Nigeria’s thirty months civil war Alhaji Ado Bayero  , Emir Aminu’s father help in ensuring a cease-fire between Nigeria and Biafran rebel forces in by visiting Odumeguw Ojukwu the Biafran rebel leader on the permission of General Yakubu Gowon.

The Emir is expected to meet former Heads of state General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and General Abdulsalam Abubakar during his two-day visit to Minna and Bida in Niger state.