If the statement credited to Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP is anything to go by, then there is every likelihood that the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, may be reinstated as the Emir of Kano.
Penultimate week, Kwankwaso had revealed that one of the things the governor-elect of Kano State, Yusuf Abba who happens to be his son in-law would look into as a matter of urgency is to review Sanusi’s dethronement to see if it was warranted. In so doing, there may also be a reverse of thebalkanizationn of the Kano Emirate into five emirates with each having an Emir.
Although the outgoing Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje responded to Kwankwaso’s statement by reiterating that the four new emirates created by his administration were here to stay, to honour the people of the regions and recover the reputation of the traditional institutions, he obviously, momentarily forgot, that just as he wielded power to make and unmake, so will the incoming governor also wield the same authority and at his own discretion.
As soon as his (Ganduje) time as governor is up on May 29, the cloak of immunity falls off him and he seizes to wield any power to do as he wishes. The outspoken former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was dethroned as the 14th Emir of Kano on March 9 2020 and banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State, while the expenses of the emirate under him were probed.
Ganduje then proceeded to split the Kano emirates into five. The creation of the new emirates has been a controversial issue in Kano since 2020, with some people supporting the move and others opposing it. But Sanusi has maintained a dignified silence on the issue with many still accord him, all the respect of an Emir.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
