Following the Kano Emirate Council crisis, the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation has urged the Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, and members of the State House of Assembly to exercise caution and refrain from taking decisions that may jeopardise the state’s stability and exacerbate the suffering of the people.
The foundation expressed displeasure over the decision of the Kano State government to appoint the 16th Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi and dethrone five other emirs despite a court injunction. It called on the government to respect the rule of law in the interest of peace and stability of Kano State. The Chairman of the Foundation, Sheikh Ibrahim Dahiruin a reaction to the development at a press conference in Bauchi, said nobody no matter how highly placed in the society is above the law.
It is wrong for the Kano State Government to continue with the process of appointing the 16th emir of Kano, and dethrone the five emirs despite the court injunction” “I advise the emirs to take a vow in the interest of peace brotherhood to save the blood of many innocent souls and allow peace and stability to reign.
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