Why Abba Gida-Gida Will Revisit Sanusi’s Dethronement, Kwankwaso Speaks

Why Abba Gida-Gida Will Revisit Sanusi’s Dethronement, Kwankwaso Speaks

  • NNPP presidential flagbearer, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said the incoming government in Kano will revisit the dethronement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi
  • According to Kwankwaso, the dethronement and balkanisation of the emirate would be reviewed by the government of Abba Gida-Gida
  • He further prayed for God’s intervention to allow the incoming governor to be able to handle things easily

The February 25, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has revealed the task of the incoming administration of Kano state.

Kwakwaso has assured that the incoming government in Kano state will revisit the dethronement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano.

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Kano state government, Abba Yusuf, NNPP, APC, 2023 election
Kwankwaso says Kano Governor-elect, Abba Yusuf will revisit Sanusi’s removal as Emir of Kano. Photo credit: Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
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Recall that Sanusi, who became emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed.

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Meanwhile, Sanusi was removed on March 9, 2020, and also banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State, under the leadership of Ganduje, while the expenses of the emirate under him were probed.

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Ganduje had also split the emirate into five and appointed emirs who were at par.

Why Abba Gida-Gida will revisit Sanusi’s dethronement, Kwankwaso opens up

But speaking in a viral video, Kwankwao said the dethronement and balkanisation of the emirate would be reviewed by the government of Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor-elect, better known as Abba Gida-Gida, Daily Trust report confirmed on Saturday, April 29.

Reps member-elect highlights how NNPP taught APC, Governor Ganduje of Kano state political lesson

A House of Representatives member-elect, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that politicians within the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have taught their colleagues in the All Progressives Congress (APC) a lesson.

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Jibrin while speaking on Channels Television's Politics Today, which was monitored by Legit.ng said some aggrieved members of the APC who joined the NNPP taught those in the ruling party and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state lessons during the 2023 general election.

The NNPP defeated the ruling APC during the March 18 governorship election in the state.

“Please forgive me”, Ganduje begs Kano people few weeks to end of tenure

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has asked the people of his state to forgive him.

The governor, while attending a Ramadan Tafseer in Al-Fruqan Jumaat Mosque, Alu Avenue Kano, said he has very few days to leave office, hence the need to seek forgiveness.

Ganduje noted that on his side, he had forgiven anyone who offended him and he wanted them to also forgive him.

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