• Deposed monarch banished to Nasarawa, ACF calls for calmThe Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday, dethroned the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, after the traditional ruler’s
five years on the throne.
He further alleged that Sanusi breached part 3 section 13 of the Kano State Emirate Law 2019, adding that if left unchecked the deposed monarch would “destroy the good and established image of the Kano Emirate. The SSG, Usman Alhaji, at the press conference, said “I have been directed by His Excellency, Governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, following the resolution of the state executive council and recommendation by Kano kingmakers to announce the appointment of Alhaj Aminu Ado Bayero as the new Emir of Kano.
There were heavily armed security personnel in places such as Kofar Nassarawa and Kofar Dan’agundi as well as other volatile areas within the metropolis.Amidst tight security, the dethroned Emir was driven out of the palace in a black Jeep with no registration number at 5:36pm to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport from where he was taken to Nasarawa State, where he had been banished to.
The crisis between him and the Kano State government worsened last year when the state anti-graft agency probed him for corruption. Immediately the chairman raised the issue, he was opposed by some lawmakers, particularly members of the Peoples Democratic Party. “However, with the turn of events now, the ACF calls for calm and understanding, especially among the good people of Kano State.”
However, the SAN said what happened to Sanusi had demonstrated the need for traditional institutions to be protected from political influence.Khadija Sanusi, daughter of the former Emir of Kano, on Monday, asked her followers to stop sending her condolences, following her father’s dethronement.
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