The former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi 11, who was deposed by the immediate past governor of Kano State and the current National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was reinstated today.
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, a member of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), reinstated Sanusi.
The reinstatement of Sanusi terminated the reign of his nephew, Aminu Ado Bayero, who came to office on political basis.
Governor Yusuf said, “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the Art Chamber of the Kano State Government House around 5:16 pm today.
Yusuf announced the decision right after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.
The new law replaces the Kano State Emirates Council Law, 2019, and dissolves the emirate councils created by Governor Yusuf’s predecessor Abdullahi Ganduje.
It was based on the law that Ganduje split the Kano Emirate into five in December 2019 and deposed the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on March 9, 2020. The emirates created by the Ganduje administration were Karaye, Bichi, Rano, and Gaya, in addition to Kano.
In a swift reaction, the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II on his reinstatement as the 14th Emir of Kano.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Rivers State Governor, Nelson Chukwudi, on Thursday, Fubara also expressed excitement upon hearing the news of the reinstatement of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Khalifa Sanusi II.
Fubara said the announcement also coincides with Sanusi’s visit to Rivers State, where he was supporting the administration’s efforts to reshape the state’s economic trajectory.
He noted that Sanusi’s reinstatement by the Kano State Government at this time shows that Muhammad Sanusi II’s dethronement on March 9, 2020, was against the wishes and aspirations of the people of Kano State.
Fubara said that act was “an unjust act to the millions of people who believed in his reign while on the revered throne”.
The Governor commended the Kano State Government for listening to the yearnings of the people, and acting to correct the wrongs of the past, and urged the people to give the Sarki of the ancient city of Kano the maximum support to succeed.
He also urged the spiritual leader of the Tijanniyah Sufi order of Nigeria, Emir Muhammad Sanusi II, to lead the over 50 million adherents of the Sufi order in Nigeria with love, wisdom and courage while bringing lasting peace, justice, equity and fairness to all in the city of Kano.
“I wish the 14th Emir of Kano a successful and fruitful reign that will bring progress and prosperity to the people of the State”, the Governor said.
