A coalition of 29 civil society organisations and 70 people,
under the aegis of Kano Concerned Individuals yesterday called on the Sultan of
Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar, to denounce the four new Emirates in Kano created
by the Kano State Government.
The coalition claimed the state government neither followed
due process nor consulted major stakeholders before creating Bichi, Rano,
Karaye and Gaya emirates.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had installed Aminu Ado Bayero as
Emir of Bichi; Tafida Abubakar as Emir of Rano; Ibrahim Abubakar as Emir of
Karaye; and Ibrahim Abdulkadir as Emir of Gaya, whittling the powers of the
Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II.
In a statement, he read on behalf of the coalition at a press
conference in Kano, Abdullahi Yola told the Sultan to invoke his power as the
leader of the Usman Danfodio Caliphate to denounce the new emirates.
The coalition called on the police to ensure that the state
government obey a court order nullifying the appointment and installation of
the new emirs.
The group condemned “the current administration’s increasing
disregard for due process, exhibiting a culture of impunity; ignoring court
orders while people who have tried to broker peace suffered all sorts of
indignities, threats, and intimidation”.
Yola said the state government should focus on developing
the state, insisting the breakup of Kano Emirates was not the problem of the
people.
The group told the state government to scrap the new
emirates, saying they were not needed.
It said, “We call on all the elders in Kano State to
dissociate themselves from this unpopular action of the government directly or
indirectly, secretly or in the open in relation to the creation of the
so-called new emirates in the interest of peace and tranquillity.’’
The coalition called on the new emirs to resign.
But the state Commissioner for Information, Youth and
Culture, Muhammad Garba, described the group as “sponsored elements” being used
to destabilise peace and cause tension in the state.
He said, “We are not surprised because these so-called civil
society organisations are speaking out of ignorance. In fact, they are being
used by a few elites in Kano to cause problem.
“The creation of the four emirates followed due process. The
matter is already in court. My advice to them is that any of them who does not
want to stay in Rano, Bichi, Karaye and Gaya emirates can relocate to Kano.”
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