Gates of Hausa kingdoms

[1] In ancient times, each kingdom was enclosed with a wall that contained various gates.

In the past, especially at night, the gatekeeper was in charge of a single gate at all time.

Traditionally, during wartime, orders only came from either the emir of the kingdom or his war counselor, the Sarkin yaki'.

Out of wartime, orders and control of the gate are left to the Sarkin Kofa.

[6][7][1][2][8][3][9] The palace was surrounded by a rampart wall called "Ganuwar Gidan Sarki", which is now gone.

The current Sarkin Kofa of Zazzau is Alhaji Mansur Dambo Mai-Sa’a.

[citation needed] The gates were formerly the responsibility of traditional rulers known as emirs who assigned maintenance duties to the Sarkin Kofa.