A Professor of Islamic Political Thoughts at Yusuf Maitama
Sule University, Kano, Professor Umar Muhammad Labdo, said the dethroned Emir
Muhammadu Sanusi II invited “the calamity to himself by openly involving
himself in politics.”
Labdo, in an interview, told Daily Trust that Sanusi
involved himself in politics during the last general elections. This, he said,
was against the custom of the emirate.
“It is unfortunate that the emirate is being played with by
politicians, but Sanusi invited this to himself. He is too vocal against the
custom. Traditional rulers have ways of contributing to governance not
publicly,” he added.
He also accused the dethroned emir of trying to introduce
“western things” into the emirate.
“He is pro-women against men. He told women to retaliate if
their husbands slapped them. This is against our culture in Africa. He is too
blunt; he talks without considering the feelings of his people,” he said.
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje yesterday approved the
appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the new Emir of Kano hours after
dethroning Sanusi II.
The dethroned emir was sent to Nasarawa State on exile.
Hours after his removal, Sanusi II was flown to Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from where he was driven to Loko in
Nasarawa State.
A credible source who spoke to him said the former emir was
not visibly ruffled despite the situation he found himself. “He was very, very
calm,” the source said, adding “I spoke with him…He appeared normal, he told me
all is well; he said he has submitted his fate to his Creator.”
Sanusi’s lawyer A.B. Mahmud, SAN described the removal of
Emir Sanusi as “an illegality.”
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