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  • Security operatives disperse Sanusi’s sympathisers, seal Kano Emir palace [Photos]

    Security Operatives on Monday made up of the Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp(NSCDC) sealed up the palace of the dethroned Emir of Kano Muhammed Sanusi II.

    Eye witness told TheNewsGuru(TNG) that sympathisers, beggars, tourist who were at the palace were chased away while the security operatives cordoned the renowned Emir’s palace.

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    Meanwhile, Kano State Government has made remarks that a new Emir for the Kano Emirate will “soon” be appointed.

    The Secretary to the State Government, Usman Alhaji, made this known while announcing the sacking of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano on Monday.

    Alhaji also explained that Sanusi was removed to preserve the sanctity of the Kano Emirate.

    “A new Emir of Kano will soon be appointed,” he said in a statement issued on Monday.

     

     

  • Why I dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi – Ganduje

    Why I dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi – Ganduje

    Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has explained why he dethroned and removed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on Monday.

    In a statement by Alhaji Usman Alhaji, Secretary to the State Government, Emir Sanusi was dethroned because he refused to attend meetings and respect the law.

    “The Kano State Executive Council under the chairmanship of His Excellency, the governor of Kano, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has unanimously approved the immediate removal/dethronement of the Emir of Kano Emirate, Muhammad Sanusi II,” the statement said.

    “The Emir of Kano is in total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor and other lawful authorities, including his persistent refusal to attend officials meetings and programmes organised by the government without any lawful justification which amount to total insubordination.

    “It is on record and in so many instances Malam Muhammad Sanusi II has been found breaching part 3, section 13 (a-e) of the Kano State Emirate Law 2019 and which if left unchecked will destroy the good and established image of the Kano Emirate.

    “This removal is made after due consultation with the relevant stakeholders and in compliance with part 3, section 13 of the Kano State Emirate Law 2019 and other reasons stated above.

    “The removal was reached in order to safeguard the sanctity, culture, tradition, religion and prestige of the Kano Emirate built over a thousand years.

    “His Excellency, Dr Ganduje calls on the general public to remain calm, law abiding and to go about their normal businesses. While a new Emir of Kano will soon be appointed”.

  • BREAKING: Emir of Kano, Sanusi dethroned

    Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi ll has been dethroned over disrespect to the office of the governor and other government agencies.

    The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, said the removal was with immediate effect.

    The emir’s action violated the part 3 section A-E of Kano state law, hence the removal. He said the removal was in line with consultation with relevant stakeholders.

    He said a new emir would be announced in due course.

    He also urged Kano people to remain calm and go about their normal businesses.

    Recall that ThneNewsGuru(TNG) had earlier reported that, It was a free-for-all fight on Monday when the Deputy Speaker and chairman of the Public Complaints and Petition Committee, Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari raised observation over the ongoing investigation of petitions of alleged violation of the culture, tradition and religious values of the people of Kano by Emir Muhammad Sanusi 11. [Read]

  • ENDLESS WAR: Emir Sanusi ordered to appear before anti-graft agency

    ENDLESS WAR: Emir Sanusi ordered to appear before anti-graft agency

    The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission has ordered the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to appear before it on Monday, March 9, 2020.

    The anti-graft agency said this in a statement on Thursday as the Kano Emirate requested for another day for the monarch to appear before the body.

    Emir Sanusi was supposed to appear before the agency on Thursday to answer questions on alleged illegal sales of land belonging to the emirate.

    According to the Chairman of the Commission, Barr. Muhuyi Rimingado, the investigations are not related to any other probe of the Emir.

    He said: “Preliminary findings suggest that a company, Country Wide House Ltd. served as a corporate vehicle to allegedly launder the sum of over N2bn being proceeds of several hectares of land in Darmanawa phase I and II and Bubbugaji, under the former right of occupancy CON-RESS 2016-503 illegally sold to Messer family home fund limited at the alleged instance of His Highness the Emir of Kano.”

    Rimingado also claimed that “Investigation further revealed that some of the proceeds of the sales remitted to the Emirate Council’s bank account can be traced to the companies of interest to His Highness.”

    According to the body, the investigation of the Emir followed information brought to it by a whistleblower, on the 29th of December 2019.

    TheNewsGuru(TNG) reports that Sanusi is also being investigated by an eight- man committee set up by the Kano House of Assembly over alleged violations of culture and traditions as well as religious norms of Kano.

    The committee on public petition was mandated to investigate a petition submitted before the house by an association and an individual over the attitude and character of the emir which they claimed was in dispute to the culture and religion.

    The committee, which was headed by the Deputy Speaker, Hamisu Chidare and severn others were given one week to investigate and submit its reports as well as recommend appropriate actions after extensive deliberations by the House.

     

  • Kano emirate crisis: Why I won’t intervene in Ganduje/Sanusi dispute – Buhari

    Kano emirate crisis: Why I won’t intervene in Ganduje/Sanusi dispute – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that he could not interfere in the Kano emirates controversy because the state legislature had gotten involved.

    Mr Buhari said this on Friday when he met with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and some newly elected Kano lawmakers.

    Details of the meeting were sent to journalists by Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu.

    “By the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Governor of Kano State has his own roles, once a matter is in the hands of the House of Assembly (like in Kano), the president has no constitutional right to interfere,” Mr Shehu quoted President Buhari as saying when speaking about the conflict between the Kano emir and the governor.

    Recall that TheNewsGuru, TNG had reported how the Kano State Government created four new first class emirates to add to the Kano emirate. Many believe the move was to whittle down the influence of the current Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, who allegedly opposed Mr Ganduje’s reelection last year.

    The Kano governor also threatened to dethrone Mr Sanusi for insubordination.

    He was later prevailed upon not to dethrone Mr Sanusi as Northern elders intervened to resolve the differences between the emir and Mr Ganduje.

    After his meeting with the president, Mr Ganduje told journalists that the peace moves were still ongoing.

    “We have five first-class Emirates in Kano State and the Emir of Bichi is from one of the Emirates. I cannot come with the whole five Emirates at the same time. Yes, there is the Northern Elders Committee on the misunderstanding between the Emir of Kano and Kano State government. We met with that committee and dialoguing is still on. That is all I can say.
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    “It is a constitutional issue and the governor and the Emir, we are working within our own jurisdictions and the problem will be solved amicably,” he said.

    Earlier, while addressing his guests, Mr Buhari told them to live up to the promises they made to their constituents.

  • Just in: Ganduje rubbishes ‘Shege ka fasa’, says Kano doesn’t need it

    The Kano State Government has dissociated itself from the newly floated Northern security network version codenamed ‘Operation Shege Ka Fasa’.

    Governor Abdulahi Ganduje disclosed this on Friday while addressing State House newsmen after leading a large number of Kano State eminent personalities on a courtesy visit on President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    Ganduje disclosed that the Kano State Government had invested so much insecurity at various levels and it would be unnecessary to consider any other external arrangement.

    He boasted the state’s security architecture had turned Kano into a trap for criminals.

    He said that the state provides conducive environment for the security agencies, adding that Command and Control Centre was established where security agencies communicate with one another.

    Besides, the state has constructed army training Centre at Falgore, which he said is the biggest forest in the country, stressing that about N500 million had been committed to the project.

    The Governor also said his administration’s free and compulsory education from basic to secondary levels was already addressing the dual menace of mass out of school children and early girl child marriage.

    The governor, whose large entourage was without Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said talks were still on to resolve the disagreement between the Emir and the Kano State Government.

  • Kano Rerun: I’ve retired Kwankwaso from politics, Ganduje boasts

    …Says ex-gov no longer relevant

    Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Friday took a swipe at the immediate-past governor of the state and his estranged political ally, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso saying the latest outing of the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the just concluded Kano re-run election has retired him (Kwankwaso) from politics.

    Ganduje stated this at the Kano Government House on Friday while receiving the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdul’aziz Garba Gafasa with other principal officers of the House, the state APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas and other party leaders and elders, who presented to him the four newly elected state legislators immediately after they collected their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    He said the APC’s victory at the election was a clear indication of how Senator Kwankwaso had been retired from politics.

    The re-elected members are from Madobi, Bunkure, Minjibir and Rogo constituencies.

    He especially commended Hon. Kabiru Cunkoso of Madobi Constituency (Kwankwaso’s country home) for roundly defeating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate there.

    According to Ganduje, “some years back when he (Kwankwaso) was warming up to contest for presidential seat, he boasted that he would retire President Muhammadu Buhari from politics, saying also that he would retire me from politics. But if you look at it now, who then is forced to retire?”

    Condemning Kwankwaso’s style of politics, Ganduje said: “Some political remarks and behaviours of Kwankwaso, particularly during election period are not in order.

    “Our style of politics is calculative and decent. I can therefore not follow his style, that is always castigating without any decorum. We respect people and we see respect and dignity in people. Ours is not like theirs.”

    He called on the elected members, to always respect party leadership and be loyal to the party, adding, “we believe that the supremacy of the party should always be observed with all intent and purposes. You should make sure that, you become loyal party members.”

    On why APC failed to secure the seat of the House of Representatives member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency, he said, “we couldn’t get that seat as a result of the crisis that rocked the party at the constituency. The APC candidate was in conflict with the leadership of the party in the state, in the local government, with the local government administration and even with the electorate. That caused us to lose the seat as a party.

    “But even at that, the winner of the party, who came from the opposition PDP, was on the radio announcing his resolve to work hand in hand with the administration of President Buhari and the Kano State government. This is commendable.

    “Indeed, that was made possible because of the hands of friendship I extended to all people urging them to come and join hands with us and move the state forward in particular and the nation in general. We are happy to see that so many people including the just elected member House of Representatives, from Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency, Ali Datti Yako, heeds to the call.”

    Ganduje also used the occasion to congratulate the father of Kwankwaso, Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso for being elevated from Majidadin Karaye to the position of Makaman Karaye Emirate, a kingmaker in the emirate, saying, “he deserved the position very well. Our respectful father and an elder statesman. I am congratulating him on behalf of the government and people of Kano State.

    “We pray that Allah gives him all assistance to allow him discharge all his assigned responsibilities very well. Our father is very hardworking and very close to his people. That, among others will help him perform wonderfully well.”

    In his remarks, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Gafasa assured the governor that the House has over two-third of the members as APC. “We are comfortable as we have enough members to back and support any government policies for the overall development of the state, he said, revealing that more members were coming to join the ruling APC in the House. “They too believe in how this administration is fast developing the state. With this, I can say, our governor His Excellency, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is doing very well for the overall development of the state.”

    The APC state chairman, Abdullahi Abbas commended the electorate for finding the party candidates worthy of being re-elected.

    “The APC will continue to be the best party in any future elections to come. We are determined, through our developmental projects and policies, to continue working towards sustainable development,” he assured.

  • All my life, I have never seen anyone as selfish as Kwankwaso – Ganduje

    Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has described former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso as a political ingrate and propagandist whose quest is to fulfil his 2023 presidential ambition no matter whose ox is gored.

    Ganduje who spoke at Government House on Thursday, while welcoming the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Rabi’u Suleiman Bichi who decamped to All Progressive Congress (APC) with thousands of his followers, said the pre-occupation of Kwnakwaso is to use the APC platform to fulfil his presidential ambition, “this is why he is making frantic efforts to come back to our great party.”

    According to him, “I am the encyclopaedia of Kwankwaso. Nobody knows Kwankwaso better than me. I taught him politics even before 1999. As many of you are aware, I won the PDP primaries in 1999. Something happened and I was pacified to become his running mate.

    ” I invested my time and resources to mobilize for him in 1999. I stood by him all through even when we lost election in 2003. But could you believe that when I was campaigning for my election in 2015, Kwankwaso never attended any of my rallies. He never supported me me with a dime. There was no support of any nature from him.”

    He further stated that, “my political relationship with Kwankwaso dated back to the military era. Right from time, I was always loyal to him. But I must confess that in all my life, I have never come across a self-centred politician like Kwnakwaso.

    ” He has the antecedent of imposing himself above the interest of other people. It is Jim and for him alone.”

    According to him, “it was I and Rabi’u Suleiman Bichi that formed the Kwankwassiyya which has eventually collapsed today with this re-union with Rabi’u Bichi. Today, we have removed the heartbeat of Kwankwassiyya.

    ” This is a happy day and a happy moment for me, because once again, I am in the midst of my political associates who we have been together for a very long time. I am used to them, and they are used to me.”

    Ganduje, however, called on the opposition to join hands with him to further develop the state, adding that his ambition is to ensure that democratic dividends are delivered to all the nooks and crannies of the state.

    Speaking during the occasion, the former chairman of PDP, Suleiman Bichi, described Ganduje as a patient, forthright and accommodating politician whose major concern is the development of Kano state and the welfare of the people.

    Bichi who gave reasons on why he joined APC said it was based on the call by President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Ganduje for all-inclusive government.

    He added that “we need a polity where progress and development of the state is above personal and primordial interest. So, we have to cut that trend of unnecessary opposition so as to put the state on the right track of development obtainable in Lagos state.

    ” Your Excellency, all of us you see here joining the APC have decided, after due consultations, to join in the development of the state. Almost everyone that was in the Kwankwassiyya camp is with us here, and we are ready to give you our full support to move the state forward.

    “Among us here are former Commissioners, former Advisers, and many others who have in one way or the other contributed to the development of the state. We have at one point or the other worked with you. If we continue along the part of progressive governance, Kano will surely be ahead of other states in the country.”

    The peak of the event witnessed decampees replacing their red caps with green colours, signifying that they have left not just the PDP, but also the Kwankwassiyya Political Movement.

    Prominent among those who decamped to APC are Hajia Binta Spikin who was the official spokesperson of Kwnakwaso, Hajia Aisha Kaita, former Zonal Women Leader of PDP, Mohammed Ishyaku Tarauni who was a former member of state House of Assembly, Dr. Idris Bala, a prominent Kwankwassiyya leader, among others.

  • BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Ganduje, Tambuwal as duly elected governors

    BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Ganduje, Tambuwal as duly elected governors

     

    The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as the Governor of Kano state.

    Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Kabir Yusuf, filed an appeal at the apex court to dispute the March 24 supplementary election held in some electoral wards in Kano State.

    In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by Abba Yusuf challenging the election of Governor Ganduje for lacking in merit.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 9 election in Kano State inconclusive, which led to the supplementary election held on March 23.

    Similarly, the Supreme Court also upheld the election of Aminu Tambuwal as duly elected Governor of Sokoto State.

    In a judgment read by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the justices dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Ahmad Aliyu for lacking in merit.

    On Nov. 22, 2019 a five-man panel of the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Usaini Murkhtar, dismissed the appeals.

    The Sokoto State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had on Oct. 2, 2019 dismissed the petition against Tambuwal.

    But dissatisfied with the tribunal judgment, the APC, through its lead counsel, Dr Alex Iziyon (SAN) had appealed the judgment on three grounds of non-compliance with electoral laws, over voting and other irregularities.

    The Appeal Court ruled that the appellant failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt, thereby dismissed the case.

  • S/Court hears appeals against Ganduje, Tambuwal, Ihedioha today

    S/Court hears appeals against Ganduje, Tambuwal, Ihedioha today

    The Supreme Court will today hear the appeals challenging the elections of governors Umar Ganduje of Kano State, Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State.

    Sources revealed that the appeals and cross appeals will be argued conclusively before the panel of the Supreme Court, adding that judgment date would be fixed immediately after the hearings.

    The appeals are part of the seven outstanding governorship appeals before the apex court. The others are the appeal against Governors Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi; Samuel Ortom or Benue; Simon Lalong of Plateau State.

    Governor Ganduje’s election is being challenged by Abba Kabiru Yusuf (PDP) who is contending that he was winning the election in majority of the local governments in Kano before it was declared inconclusive and a rerun ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    He also alleged widespread irregularities in the March 23 rerun election in the state. In Sokoto, APC’s Ahmed Aliyu is challenging the election of Governor Aminu Tambuwal. He is alleging over voting and other irregularities.

    Aliyu polled 511, 661 votes against 512,002 votes by Tambuwal after conclusion of collation in the rerun. Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s election is being challenged by the APC candidate, Hope Uzodimma, the Action Alliance (AA) candidate, Uche Nwosu and the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Ifeanyi Ararume.

    Although the allegations of irregularities in the election by the AA and APGA against Ihedioha were dismissed by the Court of Appeal, there was a dissenting judgment in favour of Uzodimma’s appeal.