BEVERLY HILLS, March 11, (THEWILL) – Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said Muhammadu Sanusi 11 was dethroned as Emir of Kano based on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kwankwaso, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), made the statement on the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday morning.
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Although the Presidency has not spoken on the sack of Sanusi as President Buhari had earlier stated that he will not interfere in the rift between the Emir and his State Government.
However, Kwankwaso alleged that the President has been intervening in the affairs of Kano State saying that “the governor of Kano himself has been saying that he has been given the order to remove Sanusi.”
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“President Buhari is getting involved in the affairs of Kano state,” Kwankwaso said but did not provide any evidence to back his claim.
Kwankwaso, under whose tenure Sanusi was installed as the Emir in 2014, also claimed in the BBC interview that the people of Kano were saddened by the deposition of the Emir.
He described Muhammadu Sanusi as an “honorable king and a man of the world.”
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