Our reporter/ A day after his reinstatement Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi II on Friday received his letter of appointment as the 16th Emir of Kano from Governor Abba Yusuf.
He received the letter at the Government House in Kano at an event attended by top government officials, traditional rulers, kingmakers, and other dignitaries.
“By the powers conferred on me by the Kano Emirate Council Law of 1984 and 2024, and supported by the recommendation of the kingmakers, I have the singular pleasure to confirm the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano and the head of the Kano Emirate Council,” the governor said.
Sanusi’s reinstatement is coming four years after the immediate past governor of the state Abdullahi Ganduje dethroned him.
However, Governor Yusuf signed the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law, and Sanusi was reinstated.
At the event, the governor reechoed the Emir’s role and urged him to lead according to Islamic tenets.
“As the Emir is being appointed for the second time, it is based on his competence, credibility, and popularity,” he said.
“I urge him to be guided by the principles of Islamic teachings and to use his position to unite the emirate, fostering harmony among the Islamic sects in the state.”
A court had granted an order, halting Sanusi’s reinstatement, and stopped the governor from dissolving the Kano Emirates created by the previous administration. But responding to the development, the governor while speaking in Hausa, said the judge who was out of the country had no right to stop what the state assembly had done using due process.
The Emir led the Juma’at prayer at the Government House.
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