Kano new emirates are permanent, they’ve come to stay — Ganduje fires back at Kwankwaso

The Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has revealed that the four new emirates formed by his government cannot be removed, affirming that it has come to stay.

The Governor made this revelation while celebrating Worker’s Day at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano State.

The Governor said God will not bring anyone that will remove the created emirates.

Ganduje described the new emirates as symbols of progress, unity and wellbeing of the people.

“Any of you that visits the headquarters of these new emirates will believe me that we have brought development to these places. These emirates were created for unity, progress, history, and also for the recovery of the reputation of the traditional institutions. We created them to honor the people of these regions.”

“I want to assure you that these emirates are permanent, they have come to stay. And anybody that will destroy them, God Almighty will not bring him to Kano state. We assure you that these emirates were created because of you, because of your progress.

“Even if we are not in government, we are praying and we will keep praying for God to protect these emirates from all evils. I thank you all,” Ganduje said.

The Informant247 recalls that the Governor dethroned the former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi and divided the Kano Emirates to five.

As earlier reported by The Informant247, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has reacted the removal of the former traditional monarch Sanusi as the 14th Emir of Kano.

The leader of the popular Kwankwasiyya Movement, Kwankwaso appointed the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Sanusi as the Emir of Kano during his second term in office as Governor.

Ganduje who was the deputy governor of the state when Sanusi was made a traditional ruler dethroned him during his second term in office on March 9, 2020.

The Kano State government banished the embattled traditional ruler and sent him to Loko, a remote area in Nasarawa State and investigated the financial status of the emirate under Sanusi.

Kwankwaso has said that the removal of the former Emir and the division of the emirate would be revisited by the incoming administration of the Governor elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida.

“We have campaigned and as you know we are popular in Nigeria especially in Kano state, we are now back and God willing we will continue with the good works our administration left. This incoming governor and his team will take them up.”

“As elders, we will continue to advise them to do the right thing. We tried not intervene in the issue of bringing or removing any Emir, but now, an opportunity has come.

“Those who were given this opportunity will sit down and see to the issues. They will look at what they are expected to do. Beside the Emir, even the emirate has been divided into five places. All these need to be studied. Usually a leader inherits good, bad and issues that are hard to reconcile.”

The Informant247 recalls that former President Goodluck Jonathan sacked Sanusi as the CBN boss over Sanusi’s claim that $49 billion was missing in the federation account and held some persons under the president responsible.

Reacting to the saga, Ganduje said: “Jonathan took a bold step in [removing] Sanusi as CBN governor, which created bad blood in certain circles. When Sanusi said $49 billion was lost in Jonathan’s government, I said in my mind that no, you could have discussed with him (Jonathan) privately.

“You could have given him this clue and then he would know how to investigate even before those who had stolen the money would find a way of hiding the money.

“That statement, I said in my mind was not honourable. That statement created bad blood… Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano not because he was the best man for the throne but to retaliate what Jonathan did to him.

“That was in order to prove that what Jonathan did to him was wrong and that the people of Kano wanted their son as emir and, therefore, they decided to appoint him as emir. But when he was appointed, there were a lot of demonstrations with people burning tyres here and there. But because of government backing, he was sustained on the stool.

“When I became governor, (that’s why you will laugh), I said yes, Jonathan medicine is an important medicine. That medicine, even though I am not a medical doctor, but that medicine would serve the same purpose, for the same disease and for the same patient.

“So I took my Jonathan medicine and decided to save the system, to save the institution and I applied it effectively. So Jonathan and I are on the same page. Actually, I have no regrets.”