Some suspects have been arrested in connection with Saturday’s attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
Kano State Deputy Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who broke the news
at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano yesterday, did not
give the figure of those arrested.
He spoke after seeing off the Emir who travelled to Britain.
The death toll in the attack has risen to five, according to the police.
Spokesman of Kano Police Magaji Majie said that Interim Chairman of
Kura Local Government Area, Salisu Abdulahhi Kura, and his driver, who
left the convoy in the confusion that followed the attack were trailed
by the gunmen in a cab and killed in a nearby street.
Security has been tightened in Kano as armed soldiers and policemen
patrol the streets and intensify their search on vehicles at checkpoints
in the city.
Nigerians reacted angrily yesterday to the attack on the Emir .
Former military President Ibrahim Babangida said the government should adopt a new tactics in his fight against terrorism.
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said Nigeria is bleeding.
Alhaji Bayero’s car came under gun attack on his way back from a
Quranic event from two groups of men – one in a Sport Utility Vehicle
(SUV) and the other on commercial motorcycles. His driver and three
bodyguards died. Many others, including two of his sons were injured.
the former Lagos State governor described the attack on the emir as a
“frightening dimension in the attacks unleashed by suspected terrorist
on Nigerian and prominent leaders.”
Kano city was recovering from the shock of the attack yesterday as a
prayer session was held for victims of last year’s coordinated bomb
attack in the city.
The prayer session at the Kano Central Mosque was attended by the Emir who urged government to tighten security in the country.
Chief Imam Sheikh Sani Zaharadeen presided.
He spoke in a short speech at the session after which he traveled to the United Kingdom.
The emir was shocked about Saturday’s gun attack on his convoy in a city he has governed for 50 years.
The Emir left for the UK through the Mallam Aminu KanoAirport aboard a chartered plane at about 1:30pm.
The Emir’s sons – Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero (Ciroman Kano) and Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero (Turakin Kano) – were on the trip.
Kano has come under attacks from the dreaded Islamic terrorist sect,
Boko Haram, although no group has claimed responsibility for this
attack.
The Emir also suffered similar attacks in the past. During a Sallah
festival, some aggrieved youths threw stones at him and his entourage in
Fagge.
Also, the Emir narrowly escaped death at the City Central Mosque when
a teenager was teleguided by a local medicine man (marabout), in an
attempt to assault him.
When Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was declared the president, some youths set ablaze vehicles parked at the Emir’s palace.
Speaking to reporters shortly after the emir’s departure, the Senior
Special Assistant to Kano State Governor on Kano Emirate Council, Alhaji
Tijjani Sanka, said the Emir had planned to travel to the UK before
Saturday’s incident.
According to him, the Emir will undergo his routine medical check-up while in the United Kingdom.
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