Tributes have continued to pour in after the death of Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, mother of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero.
Hajiya Ado Bayero died on Saturday in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt where she has been receiving medical treatment for some weeks.
President Muhammadu Buhari in his reaction to the death of the Emir’s mother described her as a fountain of inspiration.
He commiserated with the Ilorin royal family, which includes the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, over the death of Hajiya Ado Bayero.
The deceased is a sister to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari.
Buhari described Hajia Ado Bayero’s death as a great shock and a big loss to the Emir’s family in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, also described her death as an inevitable act of God every mortal will test.
Ganduje noted that the deceased will remain in the minds of the people of Kano.
