Bashir Tofa, chairman of the Advocates for United Kano, has
expressed shock over the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi by Abdullahi Ganduje,
governor of Kano state.
Sanusi was, on Monday, dethroned as the emir of Kano “for
total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”.
Usman Alhaji, secretary to the state government, had said he
was removed to “safeguard the sanctity, culture, tradition, religion and
prestige of the Kano emirate built over a thousand years.”
But reacting in a statement,
of the group, Tofa, a presidential candidate in the 1993 election,
described Sanusi’s dethronement as illegal and unfortunate.
He urged the people of the state to remain calm and not
resort to violence, saying his group would continue to challenge “every brazen
act of illegality, by lawful and peaceful means, perpetrated by the government
of Kano state”.
“We, ADVOCATES FOR A UNITED KANO, have received with utter
shock and disbelief the statement read by the Secretary to Kano State
Government, announcing the removal of His Highness Muhammad Sanusi ll, as Emir
of Kano,” the statement read.
“In view of this sad, unfortunate and illegal dethronement
of the Emir by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the ADVOCATES call on all
Kanawa and residents of Kano State and beyond to stay calm, and not to resort
to any violent reaction whatsoever. Violence is no solution to anything, for no
one can predict where it may lead to.
“We absolutely believe in whatever Allah (subhanaHu wa
Ta’ala) ordained, and we put our complete trust in Him, for He Has power over
all things.
“In particular we have vowed to sustain our judicial
challenge to the unlawful Law passed by the Kano House of Assembly under which
the Governor purportedly removed the Emir.”
Ganduje acted arbitrarily, it's most unfortunate, It's a betrayal to the people of kano.
ReplyDeleteSanusi is still man of the people and he's a living legend of our time
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