The Kano State Governor, Malam Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that the state government will announce the name of a new Emir of Kano on Sunday.
Kwankwaso said this on Saturday after receiving the Emirate’s kingmakers at the Government House, Kano.
The kingmakers, who visited the governor were the Madakin Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Chigari; and the Sarkin Dawaki, Alhaji Bello Abubakar.
Other kingmakers were the Makaman Kano, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim; and Sarkin Bai, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan.
It will be recalled that the late Emir Ado Bayero was named the successor a day after the death of his father, Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero.
A list containing four names was submitted to Kwankwaso, who is to give final approval according to tradition.
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