Northern governors wade into Emir Sanusi, Governor Ganduje feud
- Five northern governors at the weekend brokered peace between the Kano state government and Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II
- The governor and the emir have been embroiled in a proxy war in recent times
- The governor was said to be upset over the emir's consistent criticism of his administration
A report by Daily Trust indicates that five northern governors have brokered peace between the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido and Governor Abdulahi Ganduje of Kano state.
The governor and the emir have been embroiled in a proxy war in recent times, especially since the emir's consistent criticism ofthe Kano state government.
The governors who organised the meeting are Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto, Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna, Kashim Shettima of Borno, Aminu Masari of Katsina and Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger.
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The meeting held at the Government House in Kaduna and was first attended by the emir and the governors before they were joined by some senior officials from the Kano state government and the Emirate Council.
Legit.ng gathered that Governors Tambuwal, Shettima and El-Rufai had earlier met with Ganduje in Abuja on Thursday, April 27 night before resolving to invite the Emir to Kaduna the following day.
Sources said Governor Tambuwal was the one that first identified governors with close relationships to both the Emir and Ganduje and he mobilized the two meetings even though all the governors, particularly El-Rufa’i and Shettima showed keen interest in resolving the matter given their individual friendship with the emir.
During the first meeting in Abuja, Ganduje opened up to his colleagues on what he described as the emir’s “clear disrespect for his office as governor of Kano state.”
He said the Emir was behaving as if he was independent of the state government whereas he is an appointee of the government who is answerable to a commissioner, not even to the governor. The governor, it was learnt, vented his frustration with the emir and said he was determined to remind him that he had limits.
The three governors were said to have strongly urged Ganduje to forgive the emir in the interest of stability in Kano, which they said is the heartbeat of Northern Nigeria,
At the Kaduna meeting, Emir Sanusi was said to have accepted his “faults” after the five governors reminded him that he was an appointee of the governor and his palace was being funded with public funds approved by the governor.
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Meanwhile, popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has added his voice to the recent pronoucements by the emir.
Gumi stated that the Emir's statement was unfair to millions of unmarried women who are jobless. He was reacting to the emir's comments that he would introduce laws in the state assembly that would bar people who are incapable of sustaining two wives from doing so.
Source: Legit.ng
