Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Monday that the deposed emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, lost his throne because he refused to be a part of the reforms of the state’s emirate system.
Sanusi was removed from his position in March after months of frosty relationship with Ganduje who created four new emirates in a move believed to be aimed at reducing Sanusi’s influence in the ancient city.
Speaking at a media parley on Monday to mark Democracy Day, Ganduje said: “The former emir of Kano, who refused to be part of the reforms, has to bow out so that the reforms can be completed and the new emirates have come to stay.
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“Today, there are no legal issues before the court as regards the reforms of the traditional system.”
Ganduje said the state would go ahead to probe Sanusi who ascended the throne on June 8, 2014, following the death of Ado Bayero in 2014.
However, former governor of Kano Rabiu Kwankwaso has accused President Buhari of ordering the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi lI as the Emir of Kano.
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Mr. Sanusi was deposed as the Kano emir by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday and subsequently banished to Nasarawa state.
Now Kwankwaso who appointed the former CBN Governor as the 14th Emir of Kano in 2014 told BBC Hausa on Wednesday that “Kano state government officials have been saying they were directed to dethrone Mr. Sanusi ll. He (Buhari) instructed them.”
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