A former governor of Kano state Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed the reasons why his successor and arch-opponent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje dethroned Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, a former emir of Kano.
Daily Telescope reports that Mr Kwankwaso made the revelation on Tuesday through his Principal Private Secretary, Muhammad Inuwa Ali.
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It may be recalled that Mr Ganduje had last week said he had no regrets removing Mr Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, saying the emir was ab initio not qualified to occupy the exalted traditional stool.
“Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano not because he was the best man for the throne but to retaliate what Jonathan did to him.
“That was in order to prove that what Jonathan did to him was wrong and that the people of Kano wanted their son as Emir and therefore they decided to appoint him as Emir.
“But when he was appointed, there were a lot of demonstration with people burning tyres here and there. But because of government backing, he was sustained on the stool,” Mr Ganduje said.
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However, reacting to the governor’s claim Mr Kwankwaso, who appointed the former emir in 2014, said Ganduje “always felt intimidated” in the presence of Mr Sanusi.
“You dethroned him for your inferiority complex against him, nothing more,” he said adding that “the fears of high esteem and caliber, plus influence the Emir possesses made Ganduje jittery and insisted on dethroning him.”
According to Mr Kwankwaso: “We also know that Ganduje was madly obsessed with reversing everything that Sen. Kwankwaso did in the state. And we are aware, for these reasons, Gov. Ganduje was set, ab initio, to destroy the Kano Emirate. And Emir Sanusi II was marked to be the first victim.
“Let me also put on record that Emir Sanusi II was abducted and illegally dethroned by Gov. Ganduje and his cohorts because of the Emir’s progressive ideas on various issues that affect the people of the State”.
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The former governor further explained that Ganduje’s “desperation to obtain the $1.8 billion loan and the former Emir’s criticism of the loan” is another reason the governor sacked the emir.
“It is common knowledge that the Emir was too progressive for Gov. Ganduje’s liking and that was exactly why after his illegal removal and the dismemberment of the Kano Emirate Council, he appointed Emirs that will not question his ill-advised decisions even if they are against the interest of the state and its people,” he said.
