The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the Nigerian Constitution barred him from interfering in the dispute between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu S...
File: President Muhammadu Buhari and Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II
The royal father, who made the appeal in a chat with newsmen at his palace in Ningi, said, “I am begging the President as a father to all to please in the name of Allah to intervene in the problem happening in Kano and settle this dispute between the Emir and the Governor. Buhari, however, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said, “I know my role as the President of Nigeria.
“I am here by the Constitution, I swore by it, and I am going to stand by it. But let me tell you the bottom line of my understanding of the Constitutional role is that peace and security of all Nigerians must be guaranteed, where the people are threatened, then I will use my constitutional powers,” he said.
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