EMIR OF KANO PASSES ON AFTER GOVERNORS HOUSE IN GOMBE WAS BOMBED

One of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional, first class rulers, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, the Emir of Kano is dead.

Close family sources say the Emir died early today in Kano but cause of death remains unknown.

Meanwhile the governor’s private house, which also serves as his official residence

was bombed in a late afternoon attack in Gombe yesterday. The attack happened not at the government state residence of Governor Ibrahim Dakwambo . SaharaReporters learned that an armed personnel carrier that was stationed in front of his house was the target in the bomb blast.

The blast happened at about 6:30 pm (1730 GMT) in the upscale Government Reserve area of the state capital.
“The van was moving when it exploded and killed the two men inside it and two soldiers inside the armoured vehicle stationed near the governor’s personal house,” the source said on condition of anonymity.
“It is not clear if the governor’s house was the target or if the explosives went off prematurely before they reached their destination.”
It was not immediately clear if the explosion — which was heard across the city — was the handiwork of Boko Haram militants or politically motivated.