Kano Emir Sanusi Completes PhD in London, Gets Emotional, Video Trends

• The 16th emir of Kano state, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is now a Doctor having successfully completed PhD
• A video that has gone viral showed the moment Sanusi’s PhD thesis was approved without amendment or correction
• Sanusi II began his PhD program at the University of London following his deposition by then-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in 2020, which led him to relocate to the UK to pursue his studies

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has completed a doctorate in Islamic Law at the University of London, United Kingdom (UK).

In a heartwarming video, Sanusi could be seen getting emotional after he was told that his thesis was approved without any correction.

As reported by Daily Trust, the video showed the monarch being congratulated in a meeting held virtually.

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The thesis was on: “Codification of Islamic Family Law as an Instrument of Social Reform: A Case Study of the Emirate of Kano and Comparison with the Kingdom of Morocco.”

Sanusi started the PhD programme after he was deposed by the then governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, in 2020.

He relocated to the UK to focus on it.

About five months after Sanusi’s dethronement, he was granted a visiting fellowship at the African Studies Centre of the University of Oxford.

In 2019, the monarch was awarded an honorary doctorate in finance at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had in 1997 earned a second bachelor’s degree in Islamic studies and fiqh at the Africa International University in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Sanusi, who in 1981 earned a degree in Economics, is arguably one of the most educated Nigerians that ever became a monarch in the country, The Guardian reported.

Sanusi's video surface online

Watch the video as Sanusi gets emotional after his thesis was approved;

“Why I didn’t challenge Ganduje”: Sanusi speaks on first dethronement

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Muhammadu Sanusi II opened up on why he didn't sue the Kano state government led by Abdullahi Ganduje when he was first dethroned in 2020.

The 16th emir of Kano who was reinstated by Governor Abba Yusuf's led government disclosed he didn't take his dethronement to court because he would be unhappy working with Ganduje.

Sanusi made this disclosure in a recent interview after a court in Kano state quashed his rival, the 15th emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero's dethronement.

Source: Legit.ng