Kwankwaso hints that Kano State government might reinstate Lamido Sanusi as emir

FORMER Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Muhammadu Sanusi could be reinstated to his old throne as the governor who appointed him and leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed that the matter may be revisited.

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanusi was named as the Emir of Kano on June 8 2014 by the then Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. Appointed against the wishes of the then president Goodluck Jonathan,  Alhaji Sanusi's enthronement was controversial, with some believing that it was a politically motivated move to avoid corruption charges from his tenure at the central bank.

However, Senator Kwankwaso's successor Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, later deposed Alhaji Sanusi on March 9 2020, after the two fell out politically. Last year, however, the NNPP won the gubernatorial elections in Kano State, with Senator Kwankwaso's protégé Abba Kabir Yusuf, being elected as governor.

Now, Senator Kwankwaso, has said that the issue of Kano emirates will be revisited, particularly with regards to Governor Ganduje splitting the Kano emirate into five and dethroning Alhaji Sanusi. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Kano, Senator Kwankwaso stated that the issue of Kano emirates will definitely be revisited.

Senator Kwankwaso said: “Honestly it is one of the things that nobody has sat with me to discuss so far but I am sure we are going to sit and see how to go about it. Is it going to be allowed, demolished, corrected or whatever? It will be revisited, what’s supposed to be done will be done.

“There were a lot of things and this was a trap. All these things were not done in good faith or intention. It was brought with some bad intentions which everyone of you here and our listeners are aware of.

“Sometimes you come with things that are good and they turn out to be bad while sometimes you bring things that are bad and they turn out to be good. So, all I know is that I was not consulted as of now but definitely we will come to discuss and see what should be done.”