Kwankwaso Reacts to Sanusi’s Dethronement

A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has faulted the Kano state Government banishment of deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II to Nasarawa state.

Kwankwaso on Wednesday morning told BBC Hausa Service that it was wrong to deny the Emir the right to choose where to live.

“But, the big issue is that, as enshrined by section 35 of the Nigerian Constitution, even if you dethrone someone as Emir, you ought to allow him chose wherever he so pleases to stay, that is even when you follow due process to dethrone him” he said.

“What I know is that, if you are Governor or President, you are supposed to know that, you are a leader, helper of the people, lover peace, not to use what you have like the security forces to muscle people like what we saw in Kano yesterday (Monday),” he added.

On comments by Mr. Salihu Yakasai, the Spokesman of Governor Umar Ganduje that he queried Sanusi during his stint as the Governor, Kwankwaso flatly dismissed the claims.

“I never issued query to His Highness Emir Sanusi II or did anything that looks like that”, he said.

Yakasai told a radio station, Rave FM Osogbo, that Sanusi was queried four times by the Kwankwaso administration.

“The position of Emir comes with its own restrictions which Sanusi didn’t take cognizance of. Sanusi did not grow up in Kano State. He does not understand the traditional institution that he was occupying.

“Sanusi always goes to the gallery to talk about issues to get the applause. At the tail end of the administration of former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso reintroduced ban of street begging and that time Sanusi was accommodating the Alimajiris in his palace, feeding them and on that particular issue, he was given four queries for disobeying him,”he said.