Residents of Kano went wild with jubilation Saturday
as their Emir, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, rode on
a she-camel as against the usual horse, during a
durbar, organised to mark the Eid-El-Kabir in
arrears.
The event, which took place in the evening, became
talk-of-the town as youth and women in purdah, all
rushed out to watch the royal father atop a camel.
Some of the women and youth who spoke to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described the royal
father's mounting of a camel "as a pleasant
surprise to his people"
They lauded the emir's sense of "innovation",
saying that he had been adding "colour" to the
throne since he became the Emir of Kano.
One of the women interviewed, Amina Kofar- kudu,
said the new emir had been creative in the
administration of the palace.
She added that since his installation, a lot of
changes had occurred, ranging from people's
welfare, to the display of the palace cultures.
Malam Lawan Abdullahi, a resident of the palace,
said that history revealed that the Emir's
grandfather once rode on camel to a durbar in
Kaduna.
Abdullahi commended the Emir for adding value to
the culture of the people, through sheer act of
innovation.
A university student, Malam Farid Ahmad, said he
was full of excitement to have witnessed the durbar.
"I have never seen live, an emir riding on a camel,
so to me it is a whole new experience, " he said.
NAN reports that the emir conducted the Sallah
durbar as a carry-over of the event, as he was
away in Saudi Arabia during the Eid- el- Kabir
period.
The durbar was held on Saturday and Sunday,
although the Saturday event was the crowd- puller.
(NAN)
