OPINION: For Sanusi, dethronement is freedom
to the political authorities in Kano State. It was not an altogether surprising development. Sanusi has both been outspoken and arrogant. He could not have survived the ultra-conservative ideology of the northern aristocracy nor conform to their willful blindness, even as their leadership shortcomings turned their region into a wasteland.
It is difficult to say how “happy” Sanusi could have been on Monday when he was dethroned, but going by his daughter’s assertion, he must be relieved to be a free man. He has been freed from the neutering chains of conservative traditions and its allied conspiratorial force of religious ideology. He can now pursue his truth as he chooses.
Whatever the incoherence encountered in maintaining these traditional institutions in modern times, Sanusi at least knew exactly what he was walking into when he started hankering for the job. It still beats me how an uncontainable person like Sanusi could have taken up an emir position, knowing quite well he would be at the mercy of petty politicians who will use his notoriety and media popularity to demonstrate the extent of their powers.
The southern-Nigeria dominated media seems to be rather eager to shape the myth of hero or a progressive reformer for Sanusi. He has not earned those stripes yet.
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