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Scores of protesters stormed the Aso Rock Presidential Villa and the National Assembly protesting the reinstatement of Muhammed Sanusi 11 as the 16th Emir of Kano.
On Thursday, the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, signed the new Kano Emirate Council Law after the State House of Assembly repealed the law.
Speaking with reporters during the protest on Friday, the leader of the Northern Nigeria Peace and Development Foundation, Abdullahi Saleh, said the governor was taking steps to erode the legacy of his predecessor, calling on the president, Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the state.
He said, “Thursday’s actions of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, who sacked five Emirs to reappoint Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano has awoken us to the urgency of raising the alarm about the destructive excesses of the state governor.
“This latest stunt of sacking five Emirs to install his acolyte was achieved by manipulating the Kano State House of Assembly, which he had successfully turned into a rubber stamp, to endorse his illegal acts.
“We are here today to appeal to President Tinubu to intervene in the Kano Emirate crisis,” Saleh said.
