The proposed Kano State Emirate Council Law 2024 passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 23, has guaranteed reinstatement of former CBN governor as the Emir of Kano.
The new law has technically dethroned Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero as the Emir.
Since his reinstatement yesterday, Sanusi’s portraits have been adorning the giant and prestigious wall of the Coronation Hall of Government House, Kano, while that of Aminu Bayero has been removed in a fashion that signals Sanusi’s return to the palace.
D’Gallery gathered that Sanusi’s official reinstallation followed the amendment of the Kano State Emirates Council Law 2024 (1441 A.H) by the House of Assembly after the bill scaled third reading on Thursday.
According to the new law: “All traditional office holders and title holders elevated or appointed to an office created under the repealed Principal law, dated 5th December 2019, shall revert to their position where such positions previously existed under recognised custom and traditions prior to the enactment of the repealed Principal Law dated 5th December 2019.
“The Commissioner responsible for Local Government shall oversee all transitional arrangements, including how best to deal with assets and liabilities of the abolished emirates and new structure created under the repealed Principal Law dated 5th December 2019,” the amended law 2024, added.
“The governor shall take all necessary measures to restore the status of the Kano Emirate System to its positions prior to the enactment of the repealed Principal Law dated 5th December 2019.”
“Governor Abba Yusuf was expected to give assent to the proposed (amendment) law on Thursday before making announcements.
A source said that Aminu Bayero reportedly fled the palace and Kano to Ijebu on Wednesday, and is currently in Ilorin.
Another source said Sanusi’s appointment letter as Emir of Kano by the Abba Yusuf administration has already been written.
Recall that Sanusi who became emir during the last tenure of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by the then outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed.
Sanusi, the 14th emir of Kano, was removed on March 9, 2020, banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State. The expenses of the Kano emirate under him came under investigation.
The Ganduje administration also added four new emirates to make it five: Bichi, Karaye, Rano, Gaya, and Kano all as First Class Emirs.
The present state Assembly however on Thursday abolished all the new emirates created by ex-governor Ganduje.
