Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has appointed the father of the former governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Musa Saleh-Kwankwaso, as s kingmaker of the Karaye Emirate Council.
According to reports, the former governor, Kwankwaso, a long-time political ally-turned rival to Ganduje, is known to have opposed the creation of the four new emirates in the State and subsequent dethronement of the former emir, Muhammadu Sunusi II, who he appointed in 2014.
According to a statement issued yesterday from Karaye Emirate Council’s Information Officer, Haruna Gunduwawa, said Saleh-Kwankwaso, who held the traditional title of ‘Makaman Karaye’, will be officially turbaned as kingmaker today, Friday among others four appointees. Others are, ‘Sarkin Bai’, Jibrin Ibrahim-Zarewa; ‘Sarkin Dawaki Mai-Tuta’, Bello Hayatu-Gwarzo; a former senator, ‘Dan Iya’, Bashir Mahe; and the ‘Madaki of Karaye’, Ibrahim Ahmad, the statement said.
