Emir Of Kano Ado Bayero Attacked, Driver ,Aides And Palace Guards Dead.

The Bullet Ridden Car.
                                      
  The Emir of Kano.
The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, was on Saturday afternoon attacked by gunmen leading to the death of his driver and his orderly. The gunmen laid ambush on the convoy of the Emir around the Zoo road when he was returning from the Murtala Mosque in the city where he had gone to attend a Quranic recitation competition. He was saved by his driver and orderly who formed a protective wall around him and took the bullets fired at him. They are both reportedly dead. “His driver called Barde and orderly were killed instantly, and his first son, the Ciroman Kano is badly injured from bullet wounds”.

Mr. Bayero is however safe and back to his palace. A lady whose house is not far from the scene of the attack informed us that a number of the emirs’ palace guards were also killed in the attack. About 10 people are feared dead from the attack. “One of them even tried to take refuge in our house but could not succeed because the young men sitting in front of the building locked the doors after they heard the gunshots” she said. Meanwhile The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that four people died when gunmen attacked the Emir.He spoke to journalists shortly after emerging from the Emir’s private quarters where he went to commiserate with him. He said the four dead include the emir’s driver, orderly, and palace guards. Meanwhile, reports say the former Chairman of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano was also killed during the attack. A source said the chairman was actually travelling behind the convoy of Mr. Bayero, but upon hearing a laud bang followed by sporadic gunfire, he took a detour.
However, “unknown to him the attackers have laid an ambush for him and they killed him instantly,”. Boko Haram gunmen have killed Muslim clerics before, including those who have spoken out against the group's campaign of violence, says our correspondent. Emir al-Haji Ado Bayero - who is in his 80s - has been on the throne for almost 50 years and has been careful not to openly denounce the activities of the Islamist militants. Over the past two years, violence in northern Nigeria has escalated.
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