Hashimu Dungurawa, the chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, has stated that Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th Emir, and four other first-class Emirs were chosen by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the former governor of the state, in an attempt to gain political advantage before to the 2023 elections.
In the midst of the controversy that followed the Kano Emirate fight, he made this statement.
In response, Dungurawa stated that it was a gamble that was planned to end with the term of the previous governor, who ultimately lost the elections, while answering questions from reporters in his office.
The NNPP Leader claimed that the Emirs relished their position as Commissioners chosen by Ganduje and emphasized that their removal from recognition following the outgoing governor’s term was for the sake of the public.
He said, “The five first-class Emirs we met on the throne were only commissioners appointed by Ganduje to assist him in winning elections. They were sustained to 2023 and they lost. And so their tenure came to an end.
“The fact remains that immediately Ganduje lost the elections and stepped down as Governor of Kano State, they ought to have also vacated their seats because none of them occupied the vacant seat of Emir of Kano since Muhammadu Sanusi II left.
“But maybe they didn’t accept that their tenure had expired after their benefactor lost the elections which witnessed Dr. Ganduje’s exit from the seat of power in the state.”
He proposed that the public’s outcry over the Emir of Kano’s vacant post was the driving force behind the decision to strip them of their traditional status.
In response to the flag-hooping ceremony at the Nasarawa palace, Dungurawa declared, “Don’t forget Nasarawa mini palace is a guest house for the Emir. It is all about the Kano Emirate, it shows the SA Emir of Kano is doing his job faithfully by overseeing the graveyard of their forefathers laid to rest in the mausoleum.”
