The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was reinstated as the Emir of Kano as fulfilment of campaign promises.
Kwankwaso said Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf had promised to return the Kano throne to one if elected as governor during the 2023 election campaign.
Kwankwaso said Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf had promised to return the Kano throne to one if elected as governor during the 2023 election campaign.
As reported by The Nation, the former Kano state governor stated this during an interview on Arise News in Abuja.
Kwankwaso, however, alleged that some persons in Abuja pressured the former Emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero into coming to Kano.
He added that Bayero alongside others, had accepted the dissolution of the five emirates created by the Umar Abdullahi Ganduje government.
“It was a campaign issue. Don’t forget that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was installed in 2014 by our government. My Deputy who became governor decided in his wisdom to divide Kano into five emirates. What many people don’t remember is that it was tried by the Rimi government during the Second Republic.
“It was our position, our belief that Kano should continue as one solid traditional institution. That was what we believed in. So, during our campaign, the governor went round to tell the people that if they voted for him, Kano would return to being one solid traditional institution, of course with support from the other emirates.”
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