The Kano State House of Assembly has commenced the process of amending the Kano state Emirs Law amid calls for the return of the deposed 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
The House resolved to amend the law after the Majority Leader and member representing Dala constituency, Hussien Dala, moved the motion during plenary on Tuesday.
The law was first amended in 2019 during the rift between then-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the deposed Emir, report said.
The first amendment had broken the Kano emirate into five different emirates with the creation of Rano, Karaye, Gaya, and Bichi Emirates and the appointment of first-class emirs for the new emirates, eventually culminating in the deposition of the then-Emir of Kano.
But following the electoral victory of Governor Abba Yusuf, who had campaigned for the restoration of the old Kano Emirate system, several groups renewed the call for the reinstatement of Emir Sanusi.
One month before Governor Yusuf assumed office, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), the ruling party in Kano, said the issue of the emirates would be reviewed.
“We campaigned, and we are well-known in Nigeria, especially in Kano. What we showed the people was, by God’s grace, all the good projects we started when we were in government. This governor (Abba Yusuf) and his team will pick up from where we left off,” Kwankwaso had said.
“We, as elders in the movement, will continue to advise them to do things that are proper. We tried not to talk about whether the Emir would be removed or not, but now, you see, the opportunity is there.
“Those who God made leaders will now decide on the next step and decision to take. They will review it and determine what is the right thing to be done.
“Apart from the issue of changing the emir, the emirates have now been divided into five. All of that will be reviewed too. When a leader comes into power, whether in a country, state, or local government area, he inherits things that are good and things that are difficult and challenging.
“We are confident God will give the governor (Abba Yusuf) the wisdom to come and resolve the challenges planted in Kano State so that everyone will leave peacefully in Kano State.”
