BASHIR BELLO FROM VANGUARD
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has broken his long silence and raised dust over the dethronement of former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and the creation of new emirates in the ancient city of Kano.
Kwankwaso who was making a comment on the matter for the first time after a long time said the incoming government of the Governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf will revisit the decision by the outgoing Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s administration.
Sanusi, who became emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by outgoing Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed.
Sanusi was dethroned on March 9, 2020, and banished from Kano to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State, and after several interventions was allowed to relocate to Lagos State.
Ganduje had also split the emirate into five and appointed emirs who were at par.
Speaking in a viral video, Kwankwaso said the dethronement and Balkanisation of the emirate would be reviewed by the government of Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor-elect.
According to him, “We have campaigned and as you know we are popular in Nigeria, especially…
