Former Governor of Kano state Rabiu
Kwankwaso has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of instigating the
dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano.
Speaking
with BBC Hausa on Tuesday, the former Senator said the removal of Sanusi was
sad.
He
also said the removal of Sanusi was an act of impunity which is also beyond the
powers of the state governor.
Kwankwaso, who appointed Sanusi as the 14th
Emir of Kano in 2014, dismissed claims that Buhari had intervened in the Kano
emirate crisis.
He
said: “We believe here in Kano that Buhari interferes where he wishes.
“Kano
state government officials have been saying they were directed to dethrone Mr
Sanusi ll. Buhari instructed them.”
The
former governor stated that Buhari “doesn’t interfere where his intervention is
needed but interferes on issues he is supposed to be neutral about.”
Eulogizing
the dethroned monarch, Kwankwaso said: “The emir (Sanusi) is a global citizen.”
Kwankwaso also condemned the way the sacked
Emir was treated, insisting that it was a violation of his fundamental rights
as provided by section 35 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
He
said: “Honestly speaking what happened on Monday the 9th of March 2020 is a sad
thing for the entire people of Kano, Nigerians and the entire people of the
world because the dethroned Emir is a global figure because of the struggles he
lead in his entire life especially when he served as the CBN governor and this job
at the Kano Emirate.
“On
this day, we have seen very annoying things especially the way impunity and
disregard to the constitution and the laws were implored in dethroning His
Highness the Emir of Kano. We see this action as totally unjust.
“More
so, the way we saw the deployment of security agents, it is clear that this is
beyond what a state Governor alone can do. Despite the intervention of his
(Sanusi II) lawyers seeking for him to be allowed to move to Lagos where he
chose, he was forcefully put in a plane and taken to the remotest place in the
country and after some plea, he was taken to another part of the same Nasarawa
state.
“We
see this as a violation of the constitution especially as Nigeria has grown
above this. It is especially a violation of section 35 of the constitution
which emphasises on the rights of the citizen. “But even as you have chosen to
use impunity to dethrone him, I wish to remind you that this is a democratic
dispensation and not a military regime.”
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