Many residents of Kano trooped to
Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday evening as Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of
Kano, returned to the ancient city.
Sanusi was on lesser hajj in
Saudi Arabia when the Kano emirate was split into five.
The Kano house of assembly
transmitted the bill to break up the emirate to Abdullahi Ganduje, the
governor, on Wednesday and he gave assent to it a few hours later.
Despite a court order restraining
him from implementing the law, Ganduje appointed four new emirs and handed them
staff of office on Saturday.
With the development, the size of
the emirate under Sanusi has been reduced to 10 out of 44 local government
areas (LGAs) in the state.
The new emirs are Aminu Ado
Bayero (Bichi), Ibrahim Abdulkadir (Gaya), Tafida Abubakar (Rano), and Ibrahim
Abubakar (Karaye).
The governor is believed to have
carried out the act to whittle down the influence of Sanusi, who was said to
have worked against his re-election.
Sanusi has not made any public
comment on the issue.
When his plane touched down at
the airport, the crowd cheered him, pledging loyalty to the The first-class
monarch.
The emir’s convoy went straight
to the palace from the airport, but with the crowd , a journey of 15 minutes
lasted hours.
Among the traditional rulers who
welcomed him at the airport were Makama Kano, district head of Wudil; Abdullahi
Ibrahim, district head of Doguwa; and Aliyu Umar, district head of Warawa.
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