Again, stranded daughter of late Emir Ado-Bayero seeks help

Zainab Ado-Bayero, a daughter to the late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, has again cried out for help.

In a now-viral video, she sent to The Guardian yesterday at about 1:44.a.m.,  Zainab disclosed that she and her family have been living in dire conditions, struggling to make ends meet since the Emir’s death.

She said in the video that she is currently stranded in Lagos without support or resources.

She recounted how her late father left her without an education or a home.

Zainab said: “I’m outside the streets of Lagos, nowhere to go, stranded, I don’t know anyone, I’m a few meters away from Eko hotel, we have nowhere to go, since morning we’ve been trying to get somebody to help us.

“I can’t keep doing this, this is me, daughter of the Emir of Kano on the street of Lagos, unsafe, stranded, no one cares if I live or die. No one owes me anything, Fine but at least I deserve to feel safe and protected.

“My father left me with nothing, no Education, no home, nothing. I’ve tried to survive.
“ I can’t go on anymore, this is what they’ve turned me to, they’ve turned me into an urchin, they’ve turned me into a girl who has nothing, a girl who had so many dreams, I’m a woman with nothing, no job, no degree, nothing, no home, lost, stranded, no one to turn to, no family.”

Zainab lamented that the burden was too much on her as both her mother and my younger brother depended on her and she didn’t have any means to keep doing that.

She added: “I don’t want to keep doing this, I’m exhausted, emotionally, physically, and I don’t know what to do, I don’t know who to turn to.

“I’ve pleaded with the president and the governor.  I’ve also pleaded with the current Emir Sanusi, their fathers to care for a girl, a young woman, who doesn’t want to be killed, who doesn’t want to die, but it’s obvious nobody cares if I live or die, and I want to end it because I can’t keep doing this.”

The Kano State government had, following a previous report by The Guardian cataloguing the family’s ordeal, given them N6 million, which has since been exhausted.