Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano, LEADERSHIP newspaper is reporting.
The reported reinstatement of Sanusi followed a resolution by the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday.
The Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to dismantle the four new Emirates created in the state outside of the Kano Emirate by the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The law in 2019 led to the splitting of the Kano Emirate into five: Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye.
This also led to the dethronement of Sanusi by Ganduje and appointment of emirs for all the new emirates instead of the district heads overseeing them and reporting to the Emir of Kano.
LEADERSHIP newspaper is reporting that it has it on good authority that Sanusi II has been reinstated and is expected in Kano on Friday.
The newspaper said it was told: “So certainly with the passage of the Bill, Sanusi automatically stands reinstated.
“No need for confirmation, the thing is to wait for the Governor to assent to it.”
As reported earlier by The Eagle Online, the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday repealed the 2019 law.
The Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Lawal Hussaini Chediyar Yan Gurasa, confirmed the development.
Gurasa said after plenary on Thursday the state has no single emir at the moment following the repeal of the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law by the Assembly.
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The Majority Leader sponsored the motion for the repeal of the law, which former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje assented to on December 5, 2019.
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, is expected to assent to the bill any time from now.
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