Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as the Emir of Kano four years ago, has been reinstated to the throne by Governor Abba Yusuf.
The announcement was made on Thursday after Yusuf signed the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.
“With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido,” Yusuf stated.
The new legislation replaces the Kano State Emirates Council Law of 2019 and dissolves the additional emirate councils created by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje had established the emirates of Karaye, Bichi, Rano, and Gaya, in addition to Kano, in December 2019. He had also dethroned Sanusi II in March 2020 following a prolonged dispute.
Earlier on Thursday, the state assembly passed the repeal bill during a plenary session. The Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Butu, explained that the repeal would restore the lost glory of Kano, as dividing the emirate into five had diminished the state’s capacity and dignity at the national level.
“This bill in its entirety has abrogated the establishment of the five new emirates in the state and reverted to the former status of a single Emir in Kano, which we inherited since the Jihad of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio,” said Majority Leader Lawal Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa after the bill’s passage.
“The abolished emirates did nothing but create division among the indigenes of Kano. The unity, which was visible for thousands of years in Kano, was divided. We are now reverting to our old historical background: one Kano, one people, one Emir,” Yan Gurasa stated.
