Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has described as baseless and absolutely untrue the accusation that President Muhammadu Buhari has a hand in removing Muhammadu Sanusi II as the emir of Kano.
Recall that on Tuesday, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso had accused President Buhari of giving his consent to Kano State government for the deposition of Mr Sanusi.
However, in a swift reaction, Mr Ganduje, through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, said the removal of the monarch was the sole responsibility of state government based on valid reasons that led to his travail.
According to the governor, Mr Sanusi had breached Part 3, Section 13 (a-e) of the Kano State Emirate Law 2019, which, “if left unchecked would destroy the good and established image of the Kano Emirate”.
“This Law is Kano State Law, not that of the federal government. So there is no point at all in linking this punishment with any other organ apart from Kano state government,” he challenged.
“So I wonder when someone would just appear from somewhere and alleged that the Presidency has a hand in Muhammadu Sanusi’s removal. Reasons behind his dethronement were stated clearly without any ambiguity,” Governor Ganduje added.
The governor, therefore, stressed that, whoever links the Presidency with this dethronement is either he has other ulterior motives behind this or he is not in tune with reality.
“Nigerians could recall that, few weeks back His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari made categorical statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu that, he didn’t have any constitutional right to delve into Kano Emirate matters,” Mr Ganduje noted.
