Kano n sanusi

Reports emanating from Kano, northern Nigeria
indicate that there was confusion in the ancient
city early this morning as rumors spread that
President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to
arrest newly installed Emir Of Kano, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi.
Premium Times added that rumours have it that
the president has thus effectively nullified the
decision of Governor of Kano State, Rabiu
Kwankwaso, who picked Sanusi for the throne.
It was gathered that when rumour spread on
Tuesday night that Mr. Jonathan had finalized
plans to remove the new traditional ruler and
detain him, some Kano residents who are
displeased by the governor's decision went wild
with jubilation through the city.
While commenting on the current tension in Kano,
a source close to Kano State governor accused
the Presidency of plotting the rumour about Mr.
Sanusi's ostensibly removal.
"This whole rumor was calculated to cause a new
set of rioting in Kano," said the source.
He added that Mr. Jonathan and his cronies had
designed a plot to create destabilization in Kano
in order to give the president a pretext to declare
a state of emergency in Kano.
* Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi
As at the time of compiling this report, President
Jonathan has not congratulated Mr. Sanusi on
his appointment as the new emir.
Prior to Mr. Sanusi's elevation to emir, there had
been rumors that the kingmakers of Kano had
chosen one of the sons of the late Ado Bayero as
the new Emir. Some of the rumors were linked to
Presidency and the People's Democratic Party
(PDP).
It was alleged that the Presidency cloned a
twitter account in the name of the former CBN
governor and used it to create the impression
that Mr. Sanusi had acknowledged the
appointment of a new Emir.
It could be recalled that President Jonathan
suspended Mr. Sanusi from the CBN after the
nation's banker accused officials of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of failing
to deposit oil revenues worth more than $20
billion in the Central Bank.
Since then, Sanusi is deemed as a political foe of
President Jonathan.