FORMER governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Friday, finally moved into his palace, almost a week after he became the 14th Emir of Kano. His emergence was announced last Saturday, while he assumed duties after receiving his letter appointment on Monday at the Kano State Government House, Kano. It was gathered that the police, on Thursday, ceased their siege to the palace, which began on Monday in the wake of protests by some youths who were reportedly opposed to the appointment of the former CBN boss as the new emir. However, on Friday, the traditional ruler moved from the government house, where he had been operating since Monday, to his palace. A source attributed Sanusi’s eventual entry into the palace to the intervention of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and other prominent traditional rulers in the North in the tussle that had trailed his appointment. The top traditional rulers were said to have brokered a truce between the new emir and the aggrieved parties within the Kano emirate. The emir was accompanied on his way from the government house by district heads, including the Wambai Kano, Abbas Sanusi, but none of the sons of the late emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero, who are also district heads, was in the entourage. Sanusi was led to the palace by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso’s Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Tijani Mailafiya, amid tight security in a jeep that was used by his predecessor, Alhaji Ado Bayero. Emir Sanusi arrived in the palace at exactly 4.30 p.m. amid cheers and jubilation from crowds that were on hand to welcome him. When his convoy reached the palace, Sanusi alighted from the jeep that brought him and mounted a horse which promptly marched into the palace through the Kofa Kudu. As is tradition, before the new emir made his way into the palace, three walls were collapsed and were instantly rebuilt by palace guards amid chants and songs by his subjects. Gunshots were fired and traditional trumpets blown to herald the arrival of the emir at the palace. Before he entered to the palace, Sanusi visited the burial chamber where he offered prayers for the repose of the souls of his predecessors. He was received into the palace by the four kingmakers, Alhaji Yusuf Nabahani (the Madakin Kano), Alhaji Sarki Abdullahi (the Makaman Kano), Alhaji Bello Tuta (the Sarki Dawaki Mai- Tuta) and the Sarki Bai, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan. Also on Sanusi’s entourage to the palace were title holders, the state deputy governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje; senior counsellor of the emirate, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, among others. According to findings, notable emirs in the North were not happy with the way politics was impacting on the appointment of the new emir and had desired quick measures to nip the situation in the bud to avoid any embarrassment to the traditional institution in the region. A source hinted that a meeting where a final truce will be finally brokered will hold soon at a neutral ground, possibly Kaduna, which is regarded as the administrative centre of the North since after the colonial era. The source said the decision to hold the meeting outside Kano was to accommodate politicians from the opposition who might not buy the idea of attending a meeting at the government house, where the new emir of Kano was then residing. He said the move was to avert a similar situation which proved fatal during the administration of the late governor of the old Kano State, Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, involving the late Emir Ado Bayero. He stated further that the letters of invitation to the meeting would be sent by the Sultan through his office to the various parties expected at the meeting.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:08:19 +0000
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