‘Bad Intentions’: Kano Government To Revisit  Issue Of Five Emirate Councils, Says Kwankwaso

Former governor of Kano State and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that the issue of the creation of five new Emirates would be revisited by the state government.

Kwankwaso, who spoke in Hausa during a live interview programme on Thursday night in Kano, stressed that the issue of the Kano Emirates would be revisited by the current administration.

“Honestly, it is one of the things that nobody has sat with me to discuss so far, but I am sure we are going to sit and see how to go about it, whether it is going to be allowed, restructured, or whatever. It will be revisited. Whatever is supposed to be done, will be done.

“There are a lot of things involved and this might even be a trap, who knows. But the truth is that all these things were not done in good faith, nor with good intention. They were done with some bad intentions which every one of you here and our listeners are aware of.

“Sometimes you come with things that are good and they turn out to be bad, while sometimes you bring bad things and they turn out to be good,” he said.

Kwankwaso, who spoke for over an hour on several political issues also said that on the issue of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) merging with other political parties, the doors of the party were always open to discussions with interested parties where the need arises.

The former governor and now National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, had split the Kano Emirate into five, thereby creating Gaya, Bichi, and Rano Karaye Emirates, all carved out of the Kano Emirate. He further dethroned the 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Following the victory of the NNPP at the Supreme Court last Friday, Kwankwaso said the government of Abba Kabir Yusuf would review the dethronement and balkanisation of the Kano Emirate.

Some residents had been agitating in the State, calling for the removal of the Emirs, changing the status quo, and for the re-installation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the sole Emir of Kano.

Governor Yusuf had while delivering his appreciation speech on his victory during a rally at Fili Mahaha, on his return to Kano after the Supreme Court verdict, was severally obstructed by supporters chanting, “Sabon Gwamna! Sabon Sarki!” meaning New Governor! New Emir.

They also sang songs and chants calling for the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano.

Ahmad Sorondinki

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