Deposed Emir of Kano not around when Allah was distributing diplomacy – By Alhaji Kunle Sanni

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Tribute to deposed Sanusi Lamido – By Alh Kunle Sanni

I am a friend  to SLS ( Sanusi Lamido Sanusi) since his MSSN ( Muslims Students Society of Nigeria)  days. Even if Abdullah Ganduje the naive  Governor  of kano  state did not  remove him, with his radical  approach  to life and the power  bestowed  on our Governors  by the constitution  one Governor  one day  would  still remove  him.

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SLS is one of  the most cerebral, dynamic, creative  and intelligent minds in this country.

Unfortunately  when Allah  was distributing  diplomacy  he wasn’t  around. He is blunt to a fault  and ventilate  his strong  opinion  without  caring  whose ox is gored.

Today  is a sad day for me when  I reflect what  Islam and the populace  would lose without  a sagacious  and intellectually endowed  person  like SLS.

• Alh Kunle Sanni*

When Sharia was  introduced  in Zamfara  and Kwankwanso acting the scripts of  Obasanjo  was fidgety  to follow  suit,  SLS wrote an article  that was an advertorial  in many newspapers.  He lambasted  the erstwhile  Governor  for not being  sensitive  to the yearnings  of the people  of kano who cherishe their Islamic  heritage. SLS was then a General  Manager  at UBA where Kano state  Government  had substantial   lodgement.  Kwankwanso asked  UBA to sack SLS or lose  their lodgement in UBA

The management  of UBA appealed  to SLS  to apologise  to the Governor  but instead  of apologising  he resigned  his appointment as a General  Manager  in the Bank. Immediately he left UBA he was offered  the post of Executive  Director  in First  Bank  from where late  Yar’adua appointed  him as Governor  of central  Bank .It is on record  that he stabilised our Banking system  and got  rid of the bank executives  who were feeding  fat on depositors  Funds. It was his fertile  brain that created AMCON that allowed  investors  with beautiful  ideas to have access  to funds without  much hassles. It was after Sanusi’s exit from the central bank  that AMCON was bastardised and investors  started buying  private  jets from the AMCON loan.

When he resumed at  the Central  Bank, he criticised the big emoluments  of the National  Assembly  saying it was not sustainable.  The National  Assembly  were furious  and invited him asking for apology.  He refused  telling them they can sack him because  his father’s  name was not GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK.

When he finished  with  the National  Assembly  he accused  the Jonathan  administration that there was a  twenty  billion short fall of oil money remittance  to Federal  purse. He came with incontrovertible  evidence  of kerosene  sale racketeering  by top government  officials that went into  billions  of naira. He prognosticated  that if oil price should  go below sixty  dollars  Nigeria  would go into  recession  and his prediction was proved right at the end of the day . His criticism  of the theft  of oil sales led to his sack against  the constitutional  provision by president  Jonathan.  By Allah’s  providence and against  Jonathan’s  Government’s  position  he became  the Emir of Kano.

The radicalism  in his blood would  not make him appreciate  that there is need  for diplomacy  in royalty.  He was not comfortable  with  what he regarded  as the lack luster  performance  of Ganduje  and he publicly  campaigned  against  his second  term.  Immediately  Ganduje  won his immediate agenda  was to remove Emir Muhammad Sanusi  from  power.  Many spurious and unsubstantiable  allegations  were put on his neck.

When all the committees  set up to remove  him were  hampered  by court actions  Ganduje  decided  on a kangaroo  move which culminated  in the removal  of the 13th Emir of Kano Muhammad  Sanusi the second  today . That was the same fate that befell his grandfather  in the regime of late Sir Ahmadu Bello late premier  of the then Northern  region.

Definitely  the last  has not been  heard  of the Emir of kano  saga. We expect  a lot of legal gymnastics.  The erstwhile  Emir would  definitely  fight back  since he was not given  a fair hearing.

Today ( Monday, March 9, 2020) is a sad day for all lovers of justice in this  country