Flamboyant Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank
of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 is in trouble and may be deposed anytime from
now by the state government.
To actualize the plan, the
Kano State House of Assembly has launched an investigation against him over
alleged abuse of office and improper conduct.
The emirate council is
already being investigated by the state anti-corruption agency over allegation
of financial fraud running into billions of naira.
The House on Wednesday
constituted an 8-man committee to investigate eight offences allegedly
committed by the emir.
The committee was
constituted following a motion by Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad Gama, Nassarawa Constituency. The 8-man committee was
headed by a member representing Warawa, Alhaji Labaran Abdul
The allegations are:
Accusing the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the state
legislator of mismanaging state resources while on an official visit to China.
*Making remarks in Kaduna
on the proposed Kano light rail project which had tarnished his (Gama) image,
the government and the assembly as well.
*Allegation by the emir
that the state governor and his entourage wasted one month in China seeking for
loan to construct the light rail in the state.
On this Gama said “First of
all, we did not spend one month in China. We only spent four days and our
mission was to find out the capability of the company to handle the rail
project but not to secure any loan as alleged by the emir.”
He added that the emir’s
allegation had caused serious embarrassment to him (the lawmaker), the state
government and the House of Assembly within and outside the state.
Other allegations levelled
against Sanusi include:
* Intentionally attacking
President Muhammadu Buhari whenever he got an opportunity to speak at a public
gathering. He said this had contravened the culture of traditional institution.
*Embezzlement of funds
belonging to the emirate council.
”Tarnishing the image of
the emirate by assigning his daughter to represent him at a public function,
introducing strange religious issues and involvement in politics.
“Downgrading the honour of
the Kano emirate council by assigning his daughter to represent him at a
function organised by the #BringBackourGirls# group in Abuja, saying it was
against the emirate’s tradition.
On this he said: “There are
many responsible members of Kano emirate council members that can represent the
emir at the event instead of his daughter. This is the first time we are
witnessing this kind of representation in the history of Kano emirate council.
“The mode of dressing of
the Emir’s daughter at the event was an embarrassment not only to the emirate
council but the entire people of Kano,” he lamented.
Gama, therefore, appealed
to the house to investigate the activities of the emirate council with a view
to correcting things.
It would also be recalled
that the Kano state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission is
currently investigating Kano emirate council over alleged embezzlement of over
N6bn in three years.
Daily Trust gathered that,
three officials of the emirate council were expected to appear before the
commission today (Thursday) to answer some questions as a continuation of the
ongoing investigation which the commission commenced last month.
However, the Chairman of
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Agency, Muhuyi Magaji
Rimingado said that Kano state House of Assembly did not notify the commission
on its decision to launch investigation into the activities of the emirate
council.
He said, “The commission
has suspended its investigation pending the outcome of the Assembly’s. This is
because according to the section 16 of the commission’s law, we are prevented
from investigating any matter that is before the State Assembly, Executive and
or court of law.
“And the law of the
commission is a product of Kano State House of Assembly. So, as a mark of
respect, we have suspended our investigation into the embezzlement of over N6bn
by the Kano State Emirate Council pending the outcome of the House ofAssembly’s
investigation.
He said if the House
investigation was only focused on the administrative aspect, the commission
could have gone ahead with its ongoing investigation.”
But he added that since it
borders on allegation of financial fraud, the commission could not go
concurrently with the assembly investigating the same issue.
When contacted for comment,
Walin Kano, Alhaji Mahe Bashir Wali, said the emirate had not yet received any
invitation letter from the State House of Assembly in respect of the probe.
“I only heard about the
development on television, but we did not receive any invitation letter from
the house in that respect,” he said.
The probe is coming at a
time when five northern governors – Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto, Nasiru
El-Rufa’i of Kaduna, Kashim Shettima of Borno, Aminu Masari of Katsina and
Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger were said to have brokered a truce at a peace meeting
in Kaduna penultimate Friday between Governor Ganduje and the Emir.
Daily Trust
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