Ado Bayero Was Never Emir of Kano – Gov. Yusuf
The controversy around the throne of Emir of the northwest Kano State has taken a new turn as there is a claim from the Kano State Government that the deposed monarch, Aminu Ado Bayero was never at any time the Emir of the Emirate.
It will be recalled that last month, the Kano State House of Assembly decided to repeal the constitution which created four additional emirates from the existing Kano Emirate. Immediately after the repealing of the law, Mr. Abba Yusuf reappointed Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II as the new emir of Kano.
Sanusi II himself was deposed in 2020 following a rift between him and the then Governor Umar Ganduje. The former governor couldn’t cope with the criticism of Sanusi, hence, he deposed him.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Yusuf said that Ado Bayero was never emir of Kano at all. Sanusi Bature claimed that Ganduje appointed Bayero as the emir for just eight local government areas within Kano city.
Kano State has 44 local government areas, the largest in the country.
He said: “The action of the governor was to protect the integrity of the emirate as an institution. The Emirate of Kano pre-dates Nigeria and the country’s constitution, it’s over a thousand year history of people living together under one Emir.
“And the previous administration of Ganduje decided to bastardise that history and take politics into it.
“So, the politicisation of the Emirate is what the Governor promised during his campaign to restore the lost glory of the state, and he’s only fulfilling the campaign promise.
“This is not the first time an Emir was deposed, Ganduje did it and Sanusi left Kano for peace to reign. Sanusi is now back to Kano as the 16th Emir after the repealing of the law.
“I want to make it clear that Aminu Ado Bayero was never an Emir of Kano, he was appointed an Emir of eight metropolitan local government of Kano city.
“So, with the revision of the law under one United Kano, the Emirate that Aminu served no longer exists.
“He was an Emir of eight metropolitan local government, Kano city Emirate, he was at that status because the main Emirate was bastardised by Ganduje by the 2019 Emirate law.
“He was the 15th Emir of Kano but his jurisdiction was not for the 44 local governments of Kano, he’s just only for the eight metropolitan areas which is abolished.”
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