Deputy Senate President Jibrin I. Barau has mourned elder statesman, Galadiman Kano, Alhaji Abbas Sunusi Bayero, who died on Tuesday night.
The late prince, who is the father of the Kano State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Abdullahi Abbas, died at the age of 92 in Kano.
He held Galadiman Kano’s most senior title and had been a member of the Kano Emirate Council for several decades.
Senator Barau, in a statement by his spokesperson, Ismail Mudashir, described the deceased as a statesman par excellence whose contribution to the growth and development of Kano Emirate and Kano State cannot be overemphasised.
He enjoined the family of the late prince to find solace in the fact that the deceased was a devout Muslim who spent his life and resources worshipping Allah SWT and assisting humanity.
“The demise of our father, Galadiman Kano, is a great loss that creates a huge vacuum that cannot be easily filled. He played a pivotal role in the development and growth of the Kano emirate, Kano State and the entire north. We have lost a father, a mentor and a role model,” he said.
He prayed to Allah SWT to forgive his shortcomings, grant him Jannatul Firdaus, and give his family, associates, and the entire Kano emirate the fortitude to bear the loss.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of our late father, especially the chairman of our party, APC in Kano, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, Kano Emirate, Kano State and all the members of the family. May Allah SWT grant him Jannatul Firdaus and give all those he left behind the strength to bear this loss,” he said.
The Deputy President of the Senate arrived in Kano around 9:40am Wednesday and proceeded to the funeral ground at the Gandu cemetery in the Kano State metropolis.
