BREAKING: Sanusi Lamido II reinstated as Kano Emir

The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been reinstated following the dissolution of Kano Emirate by the State House of Assembly on Thursday.

Sanusi was dethroned by the immediate past administration of Umar Abdullahi Ganduje over political issues.
The House at Thursday’s plenary amended the act that gave life to five emirate councils in Kano in 2019.

The reinstatement of Sanusi was yet to be officially announced, but a source within the emirate council revealed that the dissolution of the council has vitiated the establishment of the emirate which automatically went away with the current emir, Aminu Ado Bayero.

“According to credible inside sources, ‘So certainly with the passage of the Bill, Sanusi automatically stands reinstated. No need for confirmation, the thing to is wait for the Governor to assent to it’.

“The then restructuring of the Kano Emirate is seen as a political manoeuvre to diminish the influence of then Emir Sanusi II, a vocal critic of the former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje administration. The creation of the new emirates fragmented the authority of the old Kano Emirate Council, diluting its power and influence.

“Meanwhile, the Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, who sponsored the Amendment Bill, shortly after Thursday’s session, revealed to journalists that, “the bill has been sent to the governor for assent, now there is no longer an active Emir in Kano in all the five Emirates; Kano,

Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye. The law now provides the governor to call on the traditional kingmakers to choose a new king.”