BREAKING: Sanusi Lamido II reinstated as Kano Emir

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstituted as the Emir of Kano. 

This action came after the Kano State House of Assembly passed a resolution to remove the present Emir from office and dissolve the four new Emirates that the State had created as a result of a contentious 2019 law. Sanusi II has been reinstated, albeit this has not been formally confirmed. 

According to LEADERSHIP, this is scheduled to happen in Kano on Friday.

According to credible inside sources, “So certainly with the passage of the Bill, Sanusi automatically stands reinstated. No need for confirmation, the thing to is wait for the Governor to assent to it.”

Restructuring the Kano Emirate at that time is thought to have been a political ploy to lessen the power of Emir Sanusi II, who was a strong opponent of the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The old Kano Emirate Council's power and influence were diminished as a result of the formation of the new emirates, which divided its authority.

Meanwhile, the Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Lawan Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, who sponsored the Amendment Bill, shortly after Thursday’s session, revealed to journalists that, “the bill has been sent to the governor for assent, now there is no longer an active Emir in Kano in all the five Emirates; Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye. The law now provides the governor to call on the traditional kingmakers to choose a new king.”

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