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Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero the longest-serving Emir in Kano's History

• He was the longest-serving emir in Kano's history. He reigned for 50 years.
• Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero (CFR, LLD, JP) (July 25, 1930 – June 6, 2014) was the Emir of Kano in Nigeria, from 1963 to his death in 2014. Bayero was seen as one of Nigeria's most prominent and revered Muslim leaders who was a successful businessman and had worked as a banker, police officer, and diplomat. He was a former ambassador to Senegal.
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• 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.Bayero was a former chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka and served as the chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan.He also served as the chief of the Kano police.
• He was installed the Emir of Kano on October 22, 1963, becoming the 13th Fulani emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Kano Kingdom. He died on June 6, 2014 and was succeeded by his brother's grandson Muhammadu Sanusi II. He was 83. The Ado Bayero Mall in Kano is named after him.

      Assassination Attempt

• Ado Bayero was seen as a vocal critic of the Islamist group Boko Haram who strongly opposed their campaign against western education.
• On 19 January 2013, he survived an assassination attempt blamed on the Islamist group which left two of his sons injured and his driver and bodyguard dead, among others.A prime suspect confessed to have participated in the attack on the Emir's motorcade and so many other co-ordinated attacks in the state which led to the arrest of six others.

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