The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has rescued Zainab Jummai Ado Bayero, daughter of the former emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, as well as her mother and brother from being evicted from their Lagos apartment.
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Sanusi Bature, spokesperson of the Kano State governor.
According to the statement, Governor Yusuf has assisted Ms Bayero, her brother and her mother with the rent.
Bature said he arrived Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday, June 25, to meet Sunel Kumar, general manager of the apartment where the Ado Bayero family had lived.
Bature disclosed that the governor’s intervention followed an appeal in the newspapers by Princess Zainab Bayero on behalf of her mother and brother who were allegedly neglected by the royal family after the death of late Ado Bayero.
Zainab, her brother and her mother have reportedly been facing difficult times since the demise of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
The statement noted the princess, her mother and brother appreciated the representative of Kano governor for the kind gesture.
“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,” Zainab reportedly stated.
On his own part, Bature stated that 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 said.
