Kano Emirate: ‘You are power drunk’ – Arewa youths attack Ganduje over feud with Emir Sanusi

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Kano Emirate: ‘You are power drunk’ – Arewa youths attack Ganduje over feud with Emir Sanusi

 

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has accused the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, of being “power drunk.”

Speaking with newsmen, AYCF President General, Yerima Shettima, who was reacting to the feud between the Ganduje-led state government and Sanusi, described the face-off as unnecessary.

The Ganduje-led administration had queried Sanusi for allegedly misappropriating the Emirate Council’s N3.4 billion.

It was gathered that the Emir was queried after the submission of a report by the State office of the anti-corruption and Public Complaint Commission who investigated him on the alleged squandering of the Emirate Council’s funds.

The report, which was submitted to the state government last week Tuesday was said to have recommended for the immediate suspension of the Emir.

The government has consequently handed down a query to the Emir through the Office of the Secretary to the Government, Usman Alhaji.

We had reported that the government was planning on the complete deposition of the Emir when a final report of its forthcoming panel of inquiry comes out indicting Sanusi.

However, Shettima warned that the deposition of Emir Sanusi would lead to crisis in Kano State.

According to Shettima: “The issue is totally unnecessary; but I thank God for the ongoing interventions and reconciliation at the instance of well-meaning Nigerians.

“I thank God because the alleged move won’t happen because if it happens, Kano would have gone into crisis and we all know how Kano is when it comes to the issue of violence.

“It’s really a terrible place to experience violence. I thank God for those who intervened also you can’t undermine the place of a traditional ruler. The Kano traditional Emirate has been there for over five centuries and Ganduje thinks he can just wake up one day because he has four years and undermine that institution that would amount to calamity.

“Ganduje is power drunk and he is abusing it in this matter. He can’t be fighting everybody at the same time no matter how powerful he is. Ganduje is nothing but a common mortal. He can’t be fighting everybody, its so embarrassing there was no reason for the crisis, he just went about creating unnecessary panic everywhere. In the nearest future he is going to bear the cross for so many things he has done.”

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Kano emirate: New Emir of Rano suspends district heads, strips them of titles

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Kano emirate: New Emir of Rano suspends district heads, strips them of titles

 

The Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Ila Autan Bawo on Thursday suspended two district heads over alleged insubordination by shunning the Sallah activities of the emirate.

The two suspended district heads are Bebeji , Alhaji Haruna Sanusi and Tudun Wada, Dr. Bashir Muhammad who are said to have their loyalty to Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll and not to Rano new emirate.

The suspension was announced in a letter issued by the emirate Secretary, Muhammad Idris Rano and sent to the district heads., which also stripped them of their titles.

The Letter reads, “The suspension was due to the insubordination of the two titleholders to constituted authority as they refused to participate in the just concluded Sallah festivities of Rano first Class Emir despite invitations sent to them”.

The Emir also withdrew the titles of Dan Galadima Kano from Haruna Sanusi and Dan Kadai Tudun Wada from Dr. Bashir Muhammad.

According to the emirate Secretary, the state ministry of local government and their respective local government councils have been informed of their suspension.

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Kano Emirate: Fani-Kayode reacts to Ganduje’s plan to depose Emir Sanusi

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Kano Emirate: Fani-Kayode reacts to Ganduje’s plan to depose Emir Sanusi

 

A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to reports claiming that the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi was planning to depose the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll.

The Ganduje-led administration queried Sanusi for allegedly misappropriating the Emirate Council’s N3.4 billion.

Our Correspondent reliably gathered that the Emir was queried after the submission of a report by the State office of the anti-corruption and Public Complaint Commission who investigated him on the alleged squandering of the Emirate Council’s funds.

The report which was submitted to the Government late Tuesday is said to have recommended for the immediate suspension of the Emir.

The government has consequently handed down a query to the Emir through the Office of the Secretary to the Government, Usman Alhaji late Tuesday.

We reported that the government is planning on the complete deposition of the Emir when a final report of its forthcoming panel of inquiry comes out indicting Sanusi.

However, Fani-Kayode said that what Gov. Ganduje was doing to Sanusi was unacceptable.

In a tweet on Thursday, Fani-Kayode wrote: “I’m not the greatest fan of the Emir of Kano but I believe in justice for all regardless of my personal views about the victim of persecution and oppression or my prejudices. What Gov. Ganduje is doing to the Emir is unacceptable. It is petty, vindictive and politically-motivated.”

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Sanusi: Kano Emirate reveals next action on Ganduje’s query

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Sanusi: Kano Emirate reveals next action on Ganduje’s query

 

The Kano Emirate Council has revealed its next action on the query sent to the Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll by the Ganduje Government over alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion.

Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali, the Walin Kano and senior member of the emirate council, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday.

He explained that the council would have to meet and deliberate on the query before responding.

“Yes, we (Emirate Council) received the query yesterday (Thursday, June 6), but the council could not respond to it immediately because we have to look into the content of the query before we respond.

“The government wants to hear the response of the emir about the allegation but there is no way we can respond to the query without looking at it critically,” he said.

He assured that the emirate council would respond appropriately as requested by the government, “but we have to sit with the emir and analyse it before responding”.

The cabinet office confirmed serving the query in its letter with reference number SSG/off/03/03/V.1, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji.

According to the letter, the Emir was expected to respond to the issues raised within 48 hours of receipt of the letter to government to enable it take appropriate action.

“In the light of the foregoing, therefore, I am to request you to give satisfactory explanations on the allegations raised within 48 hours of the receipt of this letter to government to take appropriate decision on the issue,” it said.

The State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission had on June 3, recommended the suspension of the emir over alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Emirate Council under the present Emir.

The Commission had in its interim report of investigation with reference number PCAC/GEN/6/VOL.1, addressed to Cabinet Office, recommended that the Emir and all aides inDicted by the findings be suspended so as not to interfere with further investigations.

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Kano Emirate: ‘Go, answer your query’ – Tanko Yakasai tells Emir Sanusi

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Kano Emirate: ‘Go, answer your query’ – Tanko Yakasai tells Emir Sanusi

 

Elder statesman and Second Republic politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has charged Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, to be bold and answer the query issued him by investigators of the alleged financial mismanagement of Kano Emirate Council.

Reacting to the reported query that was issued to the Emir of Kano, the elder statesman maintained that a query should not be a cause of worry or surprise as it is a normal process of establishing the truth in any matter.

Yakasai, however, urged the investigators to be objective and impartial in the discharge of their responsibilities.

He urged the emir to go through the content of the allegations against him and provide answers to the issues raised.

According to him, “if someone raises a complaint against one, the correct thing to do is to give the respondent a chance to answer and defend himself.

“Emir Sanusi’s refusal to submit himself to their investigation would certainly not be helpful in this case as silence both in the Common Law and in Islam is deemed as consent,” he told Sun Newspaper.

He recalled that part of the submissions of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission in its interim report was that the emir was not cooperating with their investigation.

Meanwhile, the elder statesman dismissed the suggestions that the Emir of Kano should resign at this stage.

“Resignation would surely not solve the problem as the accusations leveled against him would still be there even if he is no longer there as the Emir of Kano,” he said.

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