There is confusion in Kano as the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has issued a notice of a Durbar event to celebrate the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir festival.
Bayero extended an invitation to all district heads in Kano Emirate to participate in the annual event.
LEADERSHIP reports that Bayero’s plan to host the durbar comes amid his dethronement by the Kano State Government and the attendant legal tussle over the Kano Emirship.
In a circular dated June 10, 2024, written in Hausa and signed by Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, a senior councillor, the Galadiman Kano, the dethroned Emir called on district heads to gather at Aminu Ado Bayero’s palace at Gidan Nassarawa, for the traditional durbar ceremony.
“We are directing all the district heads of the emirate to come along with their village heads, their horse riders, and praise singers for the festivities. Also, we are directing all the district heads to converge at Aminu Ado Bayero’s palace at Gidan Nassarawa on Saturday, Zhulhijjah 9, 1445 equivalent to June 15 at 11 am for further directives without delay or insubordination,” the circular read.
The circular also noted that local government chairmen have been informed to facilitate the smooth transportation of district heads to Kano metropolis for the occasion.
