Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), addressed
Aminu Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano at an event held in Abuja.
Ribadu, who represented President Bola Tinubu, spoke at the
inaugural annual international lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) on Thursday.
While acknowledging the dignitaries present, the NSA said:
“Of course, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero.”
Ribadu addressed our Emir as the Legitimate Emir of Kano pic.twitter.com/kKt3I8pbi3— Rabiu Uba danzainab (@rabiuuba4) October 3, 2024The audience applauded the recognition of Bayero as emir.
BACKGROUND
The Emir of Kano throne has been at the centre of a dispute
between Bayero and Muhammad Sanusi II.
In May 2019, the house of assembly approved the amendment of
the Kano State Emirate Council Law, which paved the way for the splitting of
the emirate.
The legislation was purportedly conceived to whittle the
powers of Sanusi, then Emir of Kano.
Subsequently, Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano at the
time, signed the bill into law.
With the law, Kano was divided into five emirates — Kano,
Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi — with emirs appointed into each emirate.
In March 2020, Ganduje deposed Sanusi as Emir of Kano “for
total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”.
However, four years after Sanusi’s dethronement, Abba Yusuf,
governor of the state, reinstated him as Emir of Kano — the state legislators
had also passed the amended Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024.
The newly passed bill abolishes the five emirates, restoring
the previous Kano emirate system under a single Emir’s oversight, as appointed
by the governor.
Bayero, the deposed emir, returned to Kano despite his
removal and occupied a palace in Nassarawa LGA of the state, sparking the
governor’s arrest order — fuelling speculation of federal backing.
Aminu Gwarzo, deputy governor of Kano, had later alleged
that Ribadu facilitated the return of Bayero, the dethroned ruler, by providing
him with two private jets.
Ribadu denied the allegations, while threatening legal
action, and demanded an apology. The deputy governor later retracted his
statement.
The struggle for control of the emirate moved to the court,
with rival factions filing lawsuits against each other.
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