The
governor had on Wednesday, May 8, approved the creation of 4 new emirates in
the state - Sanusi was said to have been told by Ganduje to resign from his
position or be sacked by his government There are indications that an ongoing
probe by the Kano state government’s anti-corruption agency could lead to
charges being filed against the Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. Daily Trust reports
that Sanusi’s status as the only first class emir in the state was whittled
when the state government broke the emirate, carving out four new emirates and
appointing first class emirs to rule them
We gathered that the exercise which lasted only
two days, fuelled speculations that the government was going after the emir
over his rumoured support for the opposition during the recently concluded
governorship election. The fresh investigation by the Kano state public
complaints and anti-corruption commission as well as the bid to appoint new
first class emirs by the state assembly kick-started almost simultaneously last
week. According the newspaper, the source in the commission, who craved for
anonymity, on Saturday, May 11, said that the ongoing probe on by the commission
was targeting the emir, noting that, ''it will reach to a point where the
commission will transfer the case to court for the emir to defend himself.
After our findings, whoever is found wanting in misappropriating the public
funds will be dragged before the court.”
It
also stated that a government source disclosed that Emir Sanusi, after sensing
trouble at the turn of events between the state government and the palace
lately, sent business tycoon, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to beg the governor to have
a change of mind. “I can confidently tell you that when the probe was renewed
and the move for creation of four new emirates in the state started, the emir
sent the renowned business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to Ganduje to plead
with him to stop the two moves. “However, Ganduje in his response told Dangote
to go back and tell the emir that he should choose from three alternatives: To
resign on his own or be removed from office or the government will create
additional emirates in the state. “Ganduje assured Dangote that one of the
three options must be implemented by government since the emir will not stop
playing partisan politics against him. If not for the quick intervention by
Dangote, Ganduje would have dethroned the emir,” the source revealed. However,
the source added that even though the governor has spared the emir being
removed from office, there is likelihood that after the turbaning ceremony of
the four new emirs, Ganduje will transfer the emir to another emirate and
replace him with one of the newly appointed emirs
Meanwhile,
We had previously reported that some heavily armed policemen were reportedly
deployed to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and the
residents of some senior council members of the Kano Emirate.
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