Emirship: Bayero was never officially recognised as Emir of Kano – State Govt reveals
Emirship: Bayero was never officially recognised as Emir of Kano – State Govt reveals
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, Sanusi Bature, has stated that Aminu Ado Bayero was never officially recognized as an Emir of Kano.
Bature clarified that former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje appointed Bayero as the Emir of the eight Metropolitan local governments within Kano city.
Speaking on Arise Television, Bature explained that Ganduje’s decision stemmed from his perception of the destabilization of the historic Kano Emirate, which he believed had been influenced by political factors introduced into an institution that predates Nigeria itself.
He said: “The action of the governor was to protect the integrity of the emirate as an institution. The Emirate of Nigeria pre-dates Nigeria and the country’s constitution, it’s over a thousand years history of people living together under one Emir.
“The previous administration of Ganduje decided to bastardize that history and bring politics into it.
“The politicisation of the Emirate is what the Yusuf promised to restore the lost glory during the campaign.
“This is not the first time an Emir was deposed, Ganduje did it and Sanusi left Kano for peace to rain. Sanusi is now back to Kano after the repealing of the law.
“I want to put it clear that Aminu Ado Bayero was never an Emir of Kano, he was appointed an Emir of eight metropolitan local government of Kano city.
“So, with the revision of the law under one United Kano, the Emirate Aminu served no longer exist. He was an Emir of Kano city Emirate, he was at that status because the main Emirate was bastardized by Ganduje by the 2019 Emirate law.
“He was the 14 Emir of Kano but his jurisdiction was not for the 44 local government of Kano, he’s just only for the eight metropolitan areas which is now abolished.”
Governor Yusuf had earlier dethroned Ado Bayero while reinstating Muhammed Sanusi as Emir of Kano.
Despite the governor’s actions, Ado Bayero has declined to leave the mini palace in Nassarawa.
Bayero has taken the state government’s actions to court in response.
