Zainab Ado-Bayero, one of the daughters of the late Emir of Kano Ado Bayero, has debunked claims that she squandered the money given to her by Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf.
Zainab raised alarm in June that her family was facing eviction from their Lagos apartment over unpaid rent. She said her family has been enduring hardship since their father died.
Governor Yusuf immediately came to their rescue.
Two months later, Zainab again sought additional financial assistance, stating that they needed more funds to settle their bills and to help her brother return to school.
Her plea raised concerns that she may have squandered the money.
She however told Daily Trust on Monday that she had no intention of extorting the government.
She said: “I can’t be in this situation with no home, my brother not in school and we’ll be going out from place to place. I decided to plead with him (the governor) again. I did interviews, and in those interviews, I thanked him. I’m not blackmailing him but said we need more help to get my brother back to school, to get a home, and anything he wants to help us with. I was trying to reach out to him that instead of rent, maybe he could buy us a home. I was pleading, seeking his assistance. That was why I went back to the media but he felt he had given us enough, he could have just made that clear but not making it seem like I’m greedy or I’m trying to blackmail him. I’m not greedy. I’m not trying to extort the governor if that’s what they’re trying to put out there. That’s not the case.”
Zainab said her siblings and people close to their father abandoned them after his death.
