The Galadiman Kano, Tijjani Hashim, one of the most powerful members of the Kano emirate council, is dead.
Acording to information, he died in the early hours of Monday in Abuja.
The late Hashim was a a very close ally of the late Premier of the north and Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello. He served as a regional minister under the Sardauna.
As the Galadima, Mr. Hashim was the most senior prince in Kano Emirate and was by birth, like the current emir, Sanusi II, an heir to the throne of the Emir of Kano when the late emir Ado Bayero died.
Although his father was never an emir, Galadima's grand father, Abbas, ruled Kano from 1903 to 1919.
Mr. Hashim was arguably the most powerful member of the Kano emirate council and was close to virtually all presidents and head of state of northern extraction.
He was 79.
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