By Suleiman Anyalewechi
For, allegedly, threatening the peace of the State, the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has ordered the immediate arrest of the recently deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.
The former Emir was removed from office Thursday, along with four other Emirs by the Governor.
The Governor, also, scrapped four Emirates, collapsed them into Kano Emirate, as it was before former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje created them. He went ahead to reappoint and reinstate Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano, who was deposed by Ganduje in 2020, as the 17th Emir. He gave the deposed five Emirs 48 hours to vacate their official Palaces and residences.
The former Emir Ado Bayero, it is alleged, was smuggled into Kano city Friday night in an attempt to forcefully return to the Palace two days after being deposed by the Governor.
A statement issued by Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to the Governor, confirmed that the new Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, arrived at the Palace in the company of the Governor, the Deputy Governor, the Speaker of the State Assembly, and other top government functionaries at about 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, 25th May 2024.
“As the Chief Security Officer of the State, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has directed the Commissioner of Police to arrest the deposed Emir with immediate effect for disturbing public peace and attempting to destroy the relative peace the state enjoys.”
For now, there is, at once, tension and peace of the graveyard in Kano.
