Gov Yusuf saves late Bayero’s daughter, wife from eviction in Lagos apartment, clears outstanding rent

The governor of Kano, Abba Yusuf has cleared the rent account of Kano Princess and her mother at Morning Side Suits in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Tuesday.

According to Sanusi Bature, the spokesperson to the Governor, they were left stranded until the State Government intervened, News360 Nigeria gathered.

“The Governor of Kano state Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has again extended his humanitarian gesture to the daughter of late Emir of Kano, Zainab Jummai Ado Bayero, her brother and her mother when he settled the rent bill of the Kano Prince and Princess few hours to the deadline of the eviction notice they were served by the apartment in Lagos,” Bature said.

Bature said he arrived Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday to meet with the General Manager of the apartment where the Ado Bayero family have been living since early this year.

The General Manager, Sunel Kumar, had vowed to evict them by 3pm on Tuesday if the rent was not renewed.

“The Governor’s intervention followed an outcry in the media by Princess Zainab Bayero on behalf of her mother and brother who were neglected by the royal family after the death of the late Ado Bayero.

“Zainab, her brother and her mother have been facing difficult times since the demise of the late Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero due to the denial of their inheritance.

“They have been abandoned by the royal family.

“Until May 23rd, 2024, Zainab’s half brothers Aminu Ado Bayero and Nasiru Ado Bayero were the emirs of Kano and Bichi emirates in Kano state,” Bature said.

It was gathered Zainab Ado Bayero is a documentary producer who recently worked on the personality profile and documentary of her late father, Ado Abdullahi Bayero.

“You came at the right time, we were about to be forcefully evicted from the facility for our inability to pay the rent, they said today is final, we must move out by 3:00 pm and you came just fifteen minutes to the time, they have already mobilised youths to remove us out of the apartment, Alhamdulillah for your arrival,” Bature quoted Zainab as saying.

Bature, who represented Governor Yusuf in the transaction, said: “the Governor’s humanitarian intervention was due to the fact that many citizens of Kano feel that the matter did not portray the royal family and Kano in good light.

“They are not only members of the royal family, they are our Muslim sisters and brother, currently in need,” Bature stated.