Just In: Sanusi, Ganduje "Reunite" in Abuja Airport 2 Years After Dethronement
- Governor Ganduje and the former Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, met at the Abuja airport on Monday, August 1
- The duo had not been seen together in public since March 2020, when the Kano governor dethroned Sanusi
- In a short clip which captured the unusual meeting, Sanusi and Ganduje were seen shaking hands at a lounge in the airport
FCT, Abuja - Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state and the former Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, met at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday, August 1.
This is the first time that both men would be seen together since Ganduje dethroned Sanusi in 2020, according to Daily Trust.
Source: Twitter
The newspaper stated that in a short clip capturing their meeting, the former Emir and Ganduje could be seen shaking hands at a lounge in the airport as the latter grinned.
Legit.ng recalls that the Kano state governor removed the monarch on March 9, 2020, over what he described as “total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”.
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Sanusi was thereafter banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa state, while the expenses of the emirate under him were probed.
Why I dethroned Sanusi - Ganduje
After the initial reason he gave, Governor Ganduje said he took the decision to save the system and the traditional institution from abuse, a year after the dethronement.
He gave the reason while speaking at the presentation of a book on former President Goodluck Jonathan, authored by a journalist, Bonaventure Melah.
According to Governor Ganduje, Sanusi was not the best man for the throne, alleging that the deposed emir was appointed to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan had in April 2014, removed Sanusi as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over claims by the ex-CBN governor that $49 billion was stolen by some persons under the Jonathan administration.
Faulting Sanusi’s public outburst over the alleged fraud, Ganduje said the ex-CBN governor ought to have discussed the matter privately with the former president who in turn could have directed an investigation into the allegation.
Sanusi: This is why Ganduje dethroned former Emir of Kano, Kwankwaso speaks
Contrary to Ganduje's claim, a former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said Sanusi was dethroned because the Kano governor was intimidated by the influence of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Kwankwaso in a statement signed by his principal private secretary, Muhammad Inuwa Ali, stated that Sanusi was dethroned by the governor owing to his (Ganduje)'s inferiority complex.
He said that fears of high esteem and calibre alongside the influence Sanusi had as Emir made Ganduje jittery, adding that he dethroned him because of fear of the unknown. He also alleged that Ganduje harbours a pathological hatred for the Kano traditional institution, saying that was why he had to dethrone Sanusi.
Sanusi wins big in court over banishment from Kano by Ganduje
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, delivered a judgement nullifying Sanusi's banishment from Kano state.
The court presided by Justice Anwuli Chikere said the banishment of Sanusi from Kano to Awe, Nasarawa state was unlawful and a violation of his fundamental human rights.
The court held that the manner in which Sanusi was forcefully removed from the palace after his dethronement and taken away by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) was vicious.
Source: Legit.ng
