Heavy Tension Spread in Kano as Jonathan "Reversed" Sanusi’s Appointment As Emir

by Alex Alabi June 11, 2014 0 comments

The atmosphere in the ancient city of Kano on Wednesday
is tensed. The story spreading in the town is that the new
Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is about to be arrested and detained on the orders from above as the President, Goodluck Jonathan, has decided to reverse Sanusi's appointment immediately. But the question is: does Jonathan have such powers in a democratic government?

The few indigenes of Kano, who are angry by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso’s decision to pick Sanusi among the three men presented to him by the King Makers, are said to be jubilating the news spreading across the state that Jonathan had finalized plans to remove Emir Sanusi and detain him...