Emir Sanusi Discusses the Kano Emirate Tussle and Says the Recipients of the Previous System Are Still Affected
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf restored Sanusi, but Bayero is suing to overthrow him in court.
The 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the people who benefited from the previous system feel betrayed because they can no longer take advantage of it in the same way.
He made this statement in the midst of his protracted struggle for the throne with Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the ousted emir.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf restored Sanusi, but Bayero is suing to overthrow him in court.
When it became clear that Abba was going back to Kano, the governor issued an order for his arrest because he was out of the state at the time of the dethronement.
Bayern later moved back into the mini-palace in Nasarawa, to the disapproval of the state administration.
The 15th Emir of Kano had gone to court to contest the actions of Abba Yusuf, the governor of Kano, and request that he be taken into custody.
In addition, Bayero had requested that the governor’s law that removed him and restored Sanusi be declared invalid by the court.
“Now, it becomes an issue when they misplace it. But what transpired today is not the issue. That is the same as it was four years ago.
We wouldn’t be in this circumstance right now if it hadn’t been done. We are one people, one family.
Someone arrives and splits us apart. He even takes one emirate and hands it to a member of this family. Now, it becomes an
issue when you take something away from someone after they’ve enjoyed it for four years, according to a remark from Sanusi.
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