‘She is gone!’ Emir of Kano loses mother

Awaisu Abbas Sanusi, who works under the Kano Emirate Council Secretary, told Daily Trust that she had been sick for a while.

He said the date and time of her burial arrangements will be communicated later

The deceased, aged 86, is also the mother of the present emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero.

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Late Hajiya Maryam was the wife of late emir Ado Bayero and a princess of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara state.