Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf on Tuesday, signed the State Emirate Council Establishment Bill 2024 into law, a move expected to…
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“Emir Sanusi is currently preparing for his return to the throne. Although he is not in town at the moment, we are expecting his return on Friday,” one of the sources said.
The Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment number 2) Law, 2024, was sponsored by the Majority Leader and member representing the Dala Constituency, Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa.
This followed an urgency and public importance interest motion moved by the majority leader of the Assembly and also a member representing Dala Constituency, Lawan Hussaini Chediyar ƴan Gurasa during Tuesday’s plenary session presided by the speaker, Jibril Isma’il Falgore.
A group, Society for Peace Development and Education, has described a letter to the Kano State House of Assembly by “Yar Dangwalen Jihar Kano” for the dissolution of the newly created emirates, and reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir, as politically motivated and could sparke crisis in the state.
When the British conquered Nigeria, they appropriated the Emirate institution and used it to rule the people. Most of the Emirate dynasties of the Sokoto Caliphate across northern Nigeria were about a century old at the time of the British conquest. Their legitimacy was based on the Jihad led by Shehu Usman Danfodio and his followers from 1804 to 1807.