By Uzair Adam Imam
The Kano State Emirates Council Friday turbaned two new kingmakers as Sarkin Bai and Walin Kano.
The new kingmakers turbaned by Kano State Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, are Bashir Mahe Bashir as the Walin Kano and Mansur Mukhtar as the Sarkin Bai.
The Daily Reality gathered that Bashir Mahe, who succeeded his aged father, is now the seventh Walin Kano.
His father, Alhaji Mahe Bashir, resigned from his position to have some rest due to old age and health conditions.
While the newly turbaned Sarkin Bai, Masur Mukhtar, is a former Minister of Finance and current Vice President of the Islamic Development Bank.
Since the Jihad of Shehu Usman Danfodio in the Hausa land, Mukhtar is the ninth Sarkin Bai in the history of the Kano emirate.
Like Mahe, Mukhtar also succeeded his father, the longest-serving member of the Kano Emirate Council, who served for 63 years.
The turbaning ceremony was attended by traditional, political and community leaders from and across emirates within and outside Kano state.
