From Victor Osula, Abuja
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has formally reinstated Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, as the Emir of Kano, at a press conference in Kano on Thursday.
The governor formally assented to the bill that repealed the Emirate Council law as passed by the State House of Assembly on Thursday.
The Kano State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed into law, the Kano State Emirate Council Law (amendment 2) into law.
The repealed law, known as the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law, was promulgated in 2019 by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration.
After the law was signed in 2019, Sanusi’s Kano emirate was broken into five, in order to whittle down his influence. However, he was eventually removed and replaced with his cousin, Aminu Ado Bayero.
But with the new amendment on Thursday, the new law abolished the Emirate Council Law and dissolved all the five Emirates created by the Ganduje administration; thus reinstating the position of the Emir of Kano, which is presently vacant.
With the signing of the into law, there was no longer an active Emir in Kano and in all the five erstwhile Emirates; Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye.
“With the signing of the bill into law, and guided by the Kani State Chieftancy law of 1984 and the KanobEmirate law of 2024, we appoint Malam Sanusi Lamido becomes new Emir of Kano,” said Governor Yusuf who has said that he bill which repealed the 2019 law means there is no Emir in Kano.
He gave the former Emirs and other officials whom operated under the defunct law to vacate their official residences and palaces within the next 48 hours.
The Governor also directed them to hand over all government properties in their possession to the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, who is also the Deputy Governor of the State,Comrade Amin Abdulsalam Gwarzo.
