A Kano State-based pro-democracy group, the Coalition for Democratic Norms, has cautioned the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, against his incessant attacks on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group said the warning has become pertinent in order for Sanusi to avoid unnecessary consequences.
The group, in a statement jointly signed by Balla Abbe Kazaure and Usman Dan NumaGazkiya, the National Coordinator and General Secretary respectively, said instead of Sanusi criticizing the Buhari government openly, he can make use of several channels opened to him to get to the Presidency to ventilate his ideas on the economy.
The group said Sanusi seemed not to have learnt from history that whoever lives in a glass house should not throw stones, adding: “No emirship has the capacity to defend any glass house when the act of throwing stones boomerangs.”
Though the group agreed that anybody has the right to advice or criticise the government, it however warned that it was not when such a person is vulnerable.
The group said: “As it is, the position of an emir is too vulnerable to guarantee the comfort of public commentary, especially making a career out of acerbic take on government policies.
“Powerful traditional rulers like Sultan Dasuki and Emir Jokolo were all stripped of their titles in ONE day; no processes, nothing. That’s how ‘useless’ the traditional authority is in our present arrangement.
“Emir Sanusi’s own grandfather was only casually invited to Kaduna in 1963. On arriving the governor’s office, Sir Kashim Ibrahim drew out a prepared letter of resignation alongside the report of DJM Muffet report of inquiry into Kano Native Authority finances, he was advised to signe the letter. He did.
“He went into the office as an emir with all the paraphernalia and emerged out of it as a retired’ emir. He was immediately exiled to Azare, in present day Bauchi state.”
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