By PROTESTERS, on Friday, stormed the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly, Abuja, calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing crisis over Kano Emirate.
The protesters, who marched peacefully, carried banners expressing concerns over the escalating situation in Kano.
They urged President Tinubu to use his good offices to resolve the crisis and ensure the restoration of peace and stability in the state.
Kano Governor Abba Yusuf, in a repealed bill passed by the state’s House of Assembly on Thursday dissolved the five Emirates council and reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano.
This came after the Governor signed the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.
Under the auspices of the Concerned Patriots of Nigeria, the protesters said Governor Yusuf has taken his abuse of office to another level by dissolving the traditional council.
“A lot had been going wrong in the state but the Concerned Patriots of Nigeria had thought it best to allow Kano state to sort out its thorny issues.
“However, Thursday’s brash actions of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, who sacked five emirs to reappoint Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the 14th Emir of Kano, has awoken us to the urgency of raising the alarm about the destructive excesses of the state governor, “ coordinator Abdullahi Muhammed Saleh said.
“Since being sworn into office, Governor Abba Yusuf has a string of loutish acts that run like a hardened criminal’s rap sheet.
“All in the name of rubbishing his predecessor, he started with a demolition spree that has served to impoverish the people whose lives he took an oath to improve. Thus he proved himself to be anti-people.
“The governor then attempted to destroy the structures of political parties in the state. The impish fanaticism with which he pursued this illicit mission saw him intruding into the structure of other political parties, including hiring some charlatans who purportedly suspended the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who is interestingly his predecessor. Thus, he proved himself to be anti-democratic.
“This latest stunt of sacking five emirs to install his acolyte was achieved by manipulating the Kano State House of Assembly, which he had successfully turned into a rubber stamp for endorsing his illegal acts.
“He has eroded the autonomy guaranteed by the separation of powers as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
“It is inconceivable that any right-thinking person will descend low to the point of manipulating the traditional institution for political gimmicks.
“The humiliation meted out to the five emirs was most unbecoming and we have cause to believe that Abba Yusuf has set the stage for using the traditional institution as ancient and as esteemed as that of Kano for a political seesaw will continue since his successor will revert to the five emirates.
“The Kano governor has thus proven himself to be the anti-traditional institution leader.”
They added: “The Governor’s choice of actions flies in the face of reason and has no place in a sane and civilised society.
“We urge Governor Yusuf to retrace his steps and stop further undermining the peace of Kano State and, by implication, the peace of Nigeria.
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