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Kaduna State logo (2015).

kamez:
looks like one of those cars in a James bond movie.

Funny you should say that. The guy who originally owned the car was like a real life James Bond.

Read what's written on the side of the truck.

The truck belongs to the Mounted Troop, Ribadu Road, Ikoyi. It's carrying grass for the horses.

The Mounted Troop are used for crowd control, policing on rough terrain and at beaches and also for ceremonial purposes.


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Mbediogu:
It used to be Rolls Royce then in the 50s.
Now I bet, the engine could be Mercedes, the axle that of Pathfinder while the suspensions are Volvo, and so forth.
But the chassis that of Rolls while
the great tradition and respect of the Emir and his people remain intact.

Actually, the car is still entirely a Rolls Royce car.The car was in bad shape by 2009 so the Kano Royal Family sent it to renowned British Rolls Royce specialist, Chris Lee to restore it. They told him to do anything possible to restore it, no matter the cost.


http://classiccarmag.net/photo-of-famous-uk-restored-rolls-royce-to-star-in-london-exhibition-of-nigerian-monarchs/

The Kano Royal Family has bought quite a lot of Rolls Royces in the past 60 years and the Emir has a fleet of Rolls Royces which are handed down from one generation to the other.

Alhaji Ado Bayero was in this blue Rolls Royce when he was attacked by Boko Haram in 2012.


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The Rolls Royce in the picture below is over 53 years old and has been in the Royal Household for decades.

https://www.theparadigmng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sanusi-car-rolls-royce-620x330.jpg

ladyF:
Nice but which money dem use buy am?

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

Nubar Gulbenkian was an eccentric Armenian-British millionaire who was crazy about Rolls Royces. He had many custom made Rolls Royces (the Rolls Royce company was not always happy with the designs that he chose for his cars). This particular car was designed by Gulbenkian in 1952. It's a Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, but its lights are different from any other Silver Wraith.

The Emir of Kano, Abdullahi Bayero (Emir from 1926-1953) bought the car shortly afterwards. Bayero died and the car was inherited by his successor, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi I. The car was used to convey Queen Elizabeth II when she toured Northern Nigeria in 1956 (Kano, Jos, Kaduna, etc).

The car was also inherited by the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero and it has now been inherited by the current Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II.

Picture - Queen Elizabeth in the car in 1956.

https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-0/18235_1595217440735557_147088531298873534_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=c87cab0ece55cc12fc7c0c59526d27be&oe=5676C9AF&__gda__=1451283410_05ee05f29dc8df179fb8cfc272354c4b

Queen Elizabeth II in the Rolls Royce in Kano in 1956. The present Emir is the fourth Emir of Kano to use that Rolls Royce.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6874198239_a2879b30be_b.jpg

Nubar Gulbenkian's Rolls Royce Silver Wraith (It was used by the Queen when she visited Nigeria in 1956).



More pictures. https://www.nairaland.com/2560289/muhammadu-sanusi-ii-abuja-today


Nubar Gulbenkian was an eccentric Armenian-British millionaire who was crazy about Rolls Royces. He had many custom made Rolls Royces (the Rolls Royce company was not always happy with the designs that he chose for his cars). This particular car was designed by Gulbenkian in 1952. It's a Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, but its lights are different from any other Silver Wraith.

The Emir of Kano, Abdullahi Bayero (Emir from 1926-1953) bought the car shortly afterwards. Bayero died and the car was inherited by his successor, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi I. The car was used to convey Queen Elizabeth II when she toured Northern Nigeria in 1956 (Kano, Jos, Kaduna, etc).

The car was also inherited by the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero and it has now been inherited by the current Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II.

Picture - Queen Elizabeth in the car in 1956.

https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-0/18235_1595217440735557_147088531298873534_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=c87cab0ece55cc12fc7c0c59526d27be&oe=5676C9AF&__gda__=1451283410_05ee05f29dc8df179fb8cfc272354c4b

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