Posted on Mar 12, 2020
President behind removal, claims Kwankwaso
Emir gets appointment letter
A war of words on Wednesday erupted between the Presidency and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso over the dethronement of Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of masterminding Sanusi’s deposition.
The Presidency denied the allegation, describing it as malicious and a wrongly calculated attempt to create public hostility against the President
Amid the controversy, Sanusi’s successor, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero and the new Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nosiru Ado Ibrahim were inaugurated on Wednesday, after receiving their letters of appointment from Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Sanusi, who congratulated the new emir, said he would not go to court over his dethronement.
Sanusi, the 14th emir of Kano, was dethroned on Monday and banished to Awe in Nasarawa State.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday named him as Chancellor of the Kaduna State University.
But, Kwankwaso who as governor, installed Sanusi as emir, alleged that Buhari gave the order for Sanusi’s sack.