Emirship: Protest rocks Kano over Sanusi’s reinstatement

•Northern youths seek Tinubu, Int’l bodies intervention•MURIC demands end to govs’ power to depose monarchsKANO—Activities across the ancient city of Kano, in Kano State, were, yesterday, paralysed by angry residents protesting the abolishment of the five emirates, the deposition of Aminu Ado Bayero as the emir of Kano and the reinstatement of

However, it was gathered that earlier in the day some youths around the Kano Emirate staged a solidarity protest in support of the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II.This came as the Northern Youth Assembly had written to President Bola Tinubu, seeking his intervention in the emirship tussle. “This blatant encroachment on constitutional democratic practices undermines sub-national authority and constitutes interference in their constitutional powers,” they said.

Among others, it reads “The attention of our client was drawn to a video clip being shared on different social media platforms wherein you granted an interview at Emir’s palace in Kano on Saturday, the 25th day of May 2024, in a very calm atmosphere, and without any provocation whatsoever, falsely accusing our client of using his office to kill the people of Kano State and maim their properties. In the clip, you were shown to be saying in Hausa.

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