The Rolls-Royce Queen Elizabeth II Used When She Visited Nigeria Displayed At British High Commission Residence In Abuja

Rolls-Royce Queen Elizabeth II used when she visited Nigeria displayed at British High Commission residence in Abuja, Nigeria.

During her first visit to Nigeria on February 27, 1956, Elizabeth II spent a lot of her stay in the northern part of the country.

She was chauffeured around in a 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith belonging to the then-Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi I.

Currently, it is finished in White-Green colour, and wears a customised plate number “Amir Kano”, which means Emir of Kano. 

Another school of thought belief that the 1952 Rolls-Royce was borrowed from Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Rolls-Royce ferried Queen of England, Elizabeth II during her visit to Nigeria in 1956.

A 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith that Queen Elizabeth II used when she visited Nigeria in 1956 was pictured at the British High Commission residence in Abuja, Nigeria in November 6, 2018.

During her first visit to Nigeria on February 27, 1956, Elizabeth II spent a lot of her stay in the northern part of the country, during which she was chauffeured around in a 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith belonging to the then-Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi I.

The Rolls-Royce Queen Elizabeth II Used When She Visited Nigeria Displayed At British High Commission Residence In Abuja. Picture Credit : Alamy/Afolabi Sotunde.

Originally owned by an Armenian-British millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith was purchased by Abdullahi Bayero, and after his death, it was handed down to the new Emir Of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi I.

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Currently, the Rolls-Royce is finish in the Nigerian Green-White-Green colour, and wears a customised plate number “Amir Kano” ( which means Emir of Kano) – as seen in the lone picture taken by REUTERS’ Afolabi Sotunde.

However, another school of thought belief that the Rolls-Royce was borrowed from Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was reported to be Nigeria’s first billionaire and the father of Chukwuemeka “Emeka” Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

Picture Credit : Alamy/Afolabi Sotunde 

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