Mr Sanusi cautioned the NBA against allowing the controversy surrounding the issue to take a religious or ethnic dimension.
A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has faulted the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association to withdraw its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El’rufai, to attend its Annual General Conference. He described the decision as sad for freedom of speech in Nigeria.
The former emir who was on an official visit arrived Kaduna around 10:30 a.m. Sunday and was received by Mr El-Rufai at the Government House around 1 p.m. “If you don’t want to be controversial, you just be flexible, just flow with the wind and nobody knows where you stand. Then you will not have any friends or enemies, as the case may be.”
“Everybody has a right to fair hearing and most important for me, if you feel that the governor of Kaduna State is not doing right, you should invite him to your conference and ask him to explain what he is doing. Responding, Mr El-Rufai said the former emir was in the state not only to visit him but also as the vice-chairman of the state’s investment promotion agency.
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