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The explosion occurred during the weekly Jumat prayers

The emirs, who expressed worries over the deteriorating level of insecurity being perpetrated by Boko Haram, equally called on their subjects to bring out natural talents and supernatural methods in protecting themselves from the insurgents

The Emir arrived the Presidential Villa in company with members of his Emirates-in-Council and his personal aides in his right-hand driven old Rolls Royce

The monarch also called on the people to continue to pray for peace, unity and progress of the state and the country

Gidado replaced Sheik Nasir Muhammad Nasir, whose appointment by the late emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero, on June 6, was rejected by the State Government

In his Friday sermon to the congregation, the new emir called on all Muslims to have the fear God in all their dealings, adding that it is through the fear of Allah “we can get it right”

The governor also accused the Federal Government of sponsoring those he described as the enemies of the state to embark on violent protests across the state, with a view to bringing down his administration

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the statement issued by PDP’s publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh congratulating one of the contenders long before the Kano state government announced the new Emir was premeditated and calibrated to incite violence

Bayero died on Fridat

One of the strongest contenders to the throne and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his Twitter handle gave a hint to this effect

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

Obasanjo said at a condolence visit to the palace of the late emir in Kano that the deceased was a legend and icon who would be missed by all Nigerians

He said the country was in dire need of people like the Emir that would continue to give valuable advice towards ensuring lasting peace and stability in the country

Jonathan made the remark on Saturday during a courtesy visit to the Emir in Kano

He said: “You will end up multiplying the perpetrators by trying to use force against your own citizens

Bayero’s two sons, who were injured in the attack, also returned with him

There is also a lot of concern that the country’s intelligence is porous, decrepit, shallow and ill-equipped to deal with these challenges. But the major answer to these kinds of acts is community vigilance as done in the United States and Europe

In a statement on Monday, Apapo O’odua Koya, the Yoruba self-determination group, said it has it on good authority that the attack might not have been orchestrated by Boko Haram but by a group of Fulani irredentists who are bent on ensuring that the Emir’s son, whose mother is a Yoruba woman from Kwara State, does not succeed his 83-year-old father

Those who spotted Bayero and his team at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Kano State, said they were headed for London, United Kingdom

Babangida, in the statement, said the use of force has proven to be inadequate