ALHAJI Shehu Kabiru Bayero, the District Head of Dorayi and holder of the traditional title of Barde Kerarriyar in the Kano Emirate, has passed away in Egypt.
The Kano State Emirate disclosed his death in a statement sent to News Point Nigeria late on Tuesday, expressing sadness over the demise of the traditional ruler and former police commissioner.
The statement prayed to Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest and give his family and the Kano Royal House the fortitude to bear the loss.
The emirate was, however, silent on when the remains of the district head would be brought back to Nigeria for burial.
Bayero was redeployed from Gwarzo in 2025 to the newly created District of Dorayi by the reinstated Emir Muhammadu Sanusi.
The deceased was first appointed as Barde Kerarriya by the late Emir Ado Bayero in 2006 and deployed to Takai Local Government as District Head before he was later redeployed to Gwarzo.
Bayero was a retired Commissioner of Police who was appointed Barde Kerarriya by his uncle, the late Emir Ado Bayero.
He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1970 as a police constable and rose through the ranks to become a police commissioner, serving in Gombe and Osun states before retiring after 35 years in service.
His father, the late Kabiru Bayero, had served as Native Authority police chief before his appointment as Barde Kerarriya by Emir Muhammadu Sanusi I.
Kabiru Bayero, the deceased’s father, was succeeded as a local police chief by his brother, the late Emir Ado Bayero, in the 1950s.
Shehu Kabiru Bayero’s career combined a long and distinguished service in the Nigeria Police Force with decades of traditional leadership within the Kano Emirate.
He was born in 1949 and rose to the rank of Commissioner of Police before retiring from the force in 2004, having served in Gombe and Osun Police Commands.
His death marks the loss of a traditional title holder whose career spanned the security service and the traditional institution, with the Kano Emirate now mourning his passing.