Some activists in Kano under the auspices of Coalition for Democratic Norms (CODEM) have warned the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, to stop his incessant attacks on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to avoid unnecessary consequences.
Specifically, they warned him to remember what happened to his grandfather, Sir Muhammadu Sanusi, who was forced to resign on March 28, 1963.
The group, in a statement jointly signed by Balla Abbe Kazaure and Usman Dan NumaGazkiya, National Coordinator and General Secretary respectively, is of the view that, “Emir Sanusi, going by his position, must have had several open channels to get to the presidency to ventilate his ideas on economy than attacking the seat of power openly.”
According to the group, the Emir seems not to learn from history that whoever lives in a glass house should not throw stone, asserting that, “no emirship has the capacity to defend any glass house when the act of throwing stones boomerangs.”
Though the group agreed that anybody has the right to advise or criticise the government, it, however, warned that it was not when such a person is vulnerable.
Going down memorable lanes, the group wrote: “As it is, the position of an emir is too vulnerable to guarantee the comfort of public commentary, especially making a career out of acerbic take on government policies.
“Powerful traditional rulers like Sultan Dasuki and Emir Jokolo were all stripped of their titles in one day; no processes, nothing. That’s how ‘useless’ the traditional authority is in our present arrangement.
“Emir Sanusi’s own grandfather was only casually invited to Kaduna in 1963. On arriving the governor’s office, Sir Kashim Ibrahim drew out a prepared letter of resignation alongside the DJM Muffet Report of Inquiry into Kano Native Authority finances. He was advised to sign the letter. He did.
“He went into the office as an emir with all the paraphernalia and came out of it as a “retired” emir. He was immediately exiled to Azare in present day Bauchi State.”
Emir Sanusi was reminded in the statement that, “he was the CBN governor only recently,” stating that, “if the government wants, it could get proverbially a thousand and one things to use against him.”
The concerned group cited issues of Financial Reporting Council report, Forex Management under him as well as bailout for banks as example.
“It is like the case of someone in the glass house and the emirship can’t fortify that glass house,” warning that, “emir’s closeness to Bola Tinubu, Bukola Saraki and Nasir el-Rufai can be misconstrued to mean conspiracy against the government towards 2019.”
