News reports learnt that Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar and Ganduje and emir is Kano Malam Muhammad Sanusi II are in dialogue.
In a statement signed by the governor’s chief press secretary, Abba Anwar said the dialogue was initiated by Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governor’s Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
It was learned that the emir Sanusi left Malam Aminu Kano Internation Airport (MAKIA) on Thursday for Abuja for the meeting. He was accompanied by many district heads.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali, a senior member of the Kano emirate council, has confirmed that emir has not responded to the query sent to g=him by the Kano state government.
He said “We are still drafting the respond of the emir and as soon as we finish, we will send the same to the Kano state government. We are going to do this as quickly as possible.”
Earlier details emerged of allegations concerning the reasons of the governor is after the emir Sanusi.
The Kano state governor signed into law, a bill creating four new emirates in the state. Also, the anti-corruption agency of the government reopened an investigation into the finances of the Kano Emirate Council, the body overseeing the state traditions headed by Emir Sanusi.
Although, the Kano High Council has issued an order for stopping Ganduje from appointing new emirs pending the determination of a suit challenging the action filed before it by two state legislators.
Ganduje’s actions have been interpreted as the fallout of the emir’s display of open partisanship during the polls. The governor had victory only after the second round of voting.
Revelations by officials close o the governor disclose that in the run-up to the governorship election in the state, the traditional ruler met about five times with the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and Ganduje’s main challenger and candidate of the (PDP) in the state, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, to strategise on winning the election.
Also directed district heads in the state not only to vote for the PDP in their respective domains but to ensure that the APC was defeated in the general elections.
The government source further alleged that after the February 23 governorship election and the subsequent declaration of Kano gubernatorial poll as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Emir called several personalities, begging them not to allow the rerun election to hold in Kano.
When contacted, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said he would not comment on anything relating to the creation of the new Emirates or the relationship between the governor and the emir, noting that “these emirates have already been created.” Sanusi’s chief of staff, Alhaji Munir Sanusi, declined comment, saying, “I’m not in a position to speak to the press on this issue because there are other senior council members.”
