President Buhari was behind Sanusi’s dethronement – Kwankwaso reveals

Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has suggested that President Buhari gave the order for the dethronement of former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

He made this known in an interview with BBC Hausa Service Wednesday March 11th while noting that it was a sad thing to happen in Kano state.

Recall, Sanusi had become Emir during Kwankwaso’s tenure in 2014.

The former governor alleged that “the governor of Kano himself has been saying that he has been given the order to remove Sanusi.”

Speaking during the interview, Kwankwaso said

“Let me begin by saying today is a very sad day in Kano, Nigeria and by extension in the entire world, because His Highness the Emir of Kano (Sanusi) is a global personality. What we have seen is very sad because there is no responsible government that is supposed to take the kind of step taken by Kano State Governorment by dethroning Emir Muhammad Sanusi II.

“But, the big issue is that, as enshrined by section 35 of the Nigerian Constitution, even if you dethrone someone as Emir, you ought to allow him choose wherever he so pleases to stay, that is even when you follow due process to dethrone him.

However, like people who are close to President Muhammadu Buhari often say that, the President does not intervene in disputes; that, if people are in dispute the President just keeps quiet, but we in Kano do not see him (President Muhammadu Buhari) like that. We see him like he selects where he intervenes. And where he is supposed to intervene, he doesn’t, but where he is not supposed to intervene, that is where he does.”

You see leaders here in Kano State Government themselves are saying they were given the order to dethrone the Emir. He (President Muhammadu Buhari) is the one that gave them the order” Kwankwaso said

The president had however distanced himself from the rift between both parties when asked about it before the dethronement by Newsmen.

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