Stop Creating Tension in Kano, Obey Constituted Authority, Groups Tells Emir of Kano

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Thirty-five Kano Concerned Civil Society groups on Wednesday condemned the action of the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, over the creation of four additional emirates in the state, advising him to obey constituted authorities and stop creating unnecessary tension in the ancient commercial city.


The groups which described the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje’s decision to expand Kano emirates as not only constitutional, but a step to attract more development in the state, also called on the state governor to exercise his constitutional powers so that the matter will be put to rest.


Addressing reporters at Kano State Library Complex on Wednesday, the Chairman of the group, Ibrahim Ali, regretted that “the Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje failed short to his responsibility for upholding and defending the constituted authorities of his powers as the Governor of Kano state by allowing the Emir of Kano to continue to undermine his authority as a governor.”



The group affirmed that “the Emir of Kano shall submit himself to the authority of the state as this will stop the current destruction and generation of controversy.”


The group also emphasised that “if the Emir of Kano failed to submit to the authority of the government of Kano state, we call on the governor of Kano State, in a strongest term, to act strictly in accordance with the provision of Kano Emirate Council Law 2019 in order to move the state forward.”


They added that “the action of the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, of continuing undermining the constituted authority of the government of Kano State and its organs is not only unconstitutional, but is an effort to create a state within a state which no responsible  leadership will tolerate and allow to remain unabated.”


According to him, “the so-called elders making reference to 1,000 years old heritage are completely derailing from the reality because letters and spirits of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria  (as amended) provided that, all authorities draw their legitimacy from the constitution.”


They hailed the recent court judgment by a Kano High Court which upheld the powers of Governor Ganduje over the Kano Emirs.



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