There is mixed feelings in the Kano Emirate as 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II was yesterday reinstated to the throne about four years after former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje deposed and banished him from the state.
Muhammadu Sanusi II’s recall came after the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf assented to the new Emirate Law passed by the Kano House of Assembly yesterday.
The Assembly in the last administration had amended the existing law and approved an increase in the number of first class Emirs to five, a development that led to the deposition of the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.
The new law repealed the four additional Emirates – Rano, Karaye, Bichi and Gaya, created by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, and reverted the emirate to the old order of one emirate system in the state.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the present Assembly had, earlier in the day, amended the law that established five Emirate Councils in Kano State by reverting to the former status quo.
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The new law, Kano State Emirate Council (Amendment No. 2) Law, 2024, also reinstates Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II to the seat he occupied before the now repealed law was enacted by the last state administration. Going by this turn of event, the five emirs created by the Ganduje administration have no emirates to govern.
Following this, Governor Yusuf gave all the five dethroned Emirs in the state 48 hours to hand over everything belonging to the Emirates to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,
Comrade Aminu Abdussalam, who is also the deputy governor of Kano State.
Earlier, Deputy Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Muhammad Butu-Butu, had explained that repealing the law would revive the lost glory of Kano as the division of Kano Emirate into five reduced the capacity and dignity of the state at national level.
On his part, the majority leader, Alhaji Lawan Hussaini Dala said the Emirate Council served as a custodian of culture which was distorted by the creation of additional emirates.
Dala explained to journalists that with the amendment of the law, all the five emirate councils had been abolished while the commissioner for local government would serve as the overseer.
The House also adopted a motion to create new second class emirate councils in the state. It is expected to deliberate on the creation of second class emirates that will be under the new Emir of Kano. The session is expected to take place on Friday.
Nigerians were amazed by the drama and the unfolding events in the royal house.
Governor Yusuf had immediately after winning the 2023 polls embarked on ‘reprisal mission’ by revoking most of the approvals made by his predecessor.