TROUBLE! Hours After Court Sacked Sanusi As Kano Emir; SEE What He Declared That Left Everybody In Shock
In an interview with Saturday Sun, the controversy surrounding Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II’ s removal by the previous administration and reinstatement by the current one was covered. Sanusi discussed the history of the Kano Emirate, his unpopularity with the previous government, and the value of traditional institutions in Nigeria. Sanusi made it very evident that the disturbances that followed his reinstatement were instigated by the previous administration.
He said that in the largely homogeneous society of Kano, Christians live in harmony with one another. To illustrate this unity, Sanusi shared a personal story of reconstructing a church after it had burned down. He criticized the previous administration’ s actions, claiming that they unnecessarily created division and gave rise to the current problems. Sanusi claimed that the dissolution of the Kano Emirate upended a system that had existed for more than a thousand years. He stated that the Kano Emirate, which had existed since 999 AD, had always been a single, unified entity.
The basis of the Kano Emirate remained intact, the only significant change was the establishment of Jigawa State for administrative purposes. Sanusi compared the European division of Africa to the previous government’s arbitrary formation of emirates without considering historical or cultural contexts. He opposed the creation of new emirates and the appointment of new leaders because they upset the status quo. Four families, referred to as kingmakers, gained notoriety in Kano’s past by taking part in the Jihad. A fifth kingmaker was selected by the previous government, disregarding both history and tradition. Furthermore, Sanusi pointed out issues with the previous administration’ s emirate reorganization legislation.
Because the act ignored the kingmaker families historical lineage, it disenfranchised a large number of legitimate members. The fact that the current Madaki, Makama, and Sarkin Dawaki Metuta are not descended from the people named in the statute is indicative of a lack of awareness about Kano’s past. Furthermore, several of the local ruling dynasties. were marginalized by the creation of new emirates such as Rano, Karaye, and Gaya, according to Sanusi. This unexpected choice disrupted the long- standing norm of selecting district chiefs from prominent ruling families. Sanusi underlined that the actual issue- rather than a personal one- was the assault on the existing structure.
He argued that if the administration had really desired to create new emirates, it should have consulted the people and respected historical norms. He emphasized that the Kano Emirate existed long before the Nigerian Constitution and was older than the Sokoto Jihad. Sanusi questioned whether a customary arrangement not specified in the Constitution can be altered by the State House of Assembly. He insisted that changes affecting long-standing establishments be treated with more reverence and thought, taking into account contextual factors such as history and culture.
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