Former Governor of Kano State and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said that the issue of the dethronement of immediate-past Emir, Muhammadu Sunusi and that of creation of new emirates in the state by the former administration will definitely be revisited by the Abba-Yusuf government.
Recall that former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had split the Kano emirate into five, and dethroned the then Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.
Following the victory of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in last year’s election, Kwankwaso had said the government of Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf would review the dethronement and balkanisation of the emirate.
Speaking in an interview granted to select radio stations in Kano, the NNPP leader reinstated that the issue of Kano emirates will definitely be revisited.
“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; there were a lot of things; and this was a trap. All these things were not done in good faith or intention. But definitely we will come to discuss and see what should be done”, he asserted.
Recall also, that after the Supreme Court validated the victory of Governor Yusuf this week, there were intensified calls for the reinstatement of Sanusi.
On his part, Sanusi, who has not directly commented on the issue of his reinstatement, had accused the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano of attempting to seize power through a court process, not knowing God was waiting.
He stated this while responding to an interview the governorship candidate of the APC, Nasir Gawuna, granted the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa, saying he had said he accepted the apex court’s judgment on the governorship dispute in the State as God’s decision.
