Anita Ogona
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has ordered the immediate arrest of the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.
The governor gave the order in a statement on Saturday morning issued by his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.
According to the statement, Yusuf accused Ado Bayero of creating tension in the state following his return on Saturday morning.
The statement reads: “The former Emir was smuggled into Kano city last night in an attempt to forcefully return to the palace two days after being deposed by the Governor.
“As the Chief Security Officer of the state, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has directed the Commissioner of Police to arrest the deposed Emir with immediate effect for disturbing public peace and attempting to destroy the relative peace the state enjoys.”
Recall that the dethroned Emir returned to the ancient city in the early hours of Saturday.
Ado Bayero returned to Kano into the waiting hands of a crowd of supporters at the airport.
It was learned that the whereabouts of the monarch had been unknown since he was deposed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday. the aircraft which conveyed the monarch touched down at the Aminu Kano International airport at 4:30am. He was immediately thronged by his supporters, who were chanting a verse from Surah Al-Fatihah in the Holy Quran.
However the Majority leader of the Kano House of Assembly, Lawal Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, has said there is no single emir in Kano State at the moment.
The lawmaker said this after the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law was repealed on Thursday.
“This bill in its entity has abrogated the establishment of 5 new Emirates in the state and reverted to the former status of a single emir in Kano which we inherited since the Jihad of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio. That’s what the Bill is now all about and there was a plan to create an additional second class Emir after this.”
“This means that the remaining 5 emirs are no longer in existence. There is no Emir now in Kano. It is now the decision of the governor to appoint a new emir. The Bill has empowered the governor to invite the kingmakers to nominate a new king. So we are now waiting for the governor to ascent to the Bill if he wishes and invite the kingmakers to give him a new king.
“The abolished emirate did nothing but create division among the indigence of kano. The unity which was visible thousands of years in Kano was divided. We are now reverting back to our old historical background; one Kano, one people, one Emir.
“We expect cooperation from the people of Kano. This is a welcome development. Kano is now United. That is what we are hoping that the people of Kano would cooperate. We need their maximum cooperation and prayer towards the peace and development of our great state,” he said.
The lawmaker had sponsored the motion for repealing of the law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje assented to on December 5, 2019, and created four additional emirates afterwards.
Ganduje later dethroned Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano.
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