More troubles
mount for suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor,
Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi as the Kano Emirate sends emissaries to the
presidency
disassociating itself from recent comments credited to the
ousted CBN
Governor disparaging the Nigerian government, the Presidency
and President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Pointblanknews.com
authoritatively reports that reacting to bitter complaints from the Presidency
over Sanusi Lamido’s attacks
and disregard
to Federal
authorities, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero personally chided
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, urging him to, “shut up and stop embarrassing the Kano Emirate.”
A reliable source
from Kano Emirate Council told Pointblanknews.com that
Emir Ado Bayero
has continued to express concern over Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi’s actions and utterances since he was
suspended as CBN Governor.
“In fact, I must tell you that His Highness,
Alhaji Ado Bayero is upset
over recent comments
credited to Majen Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
The entire Kano
Emirate is also not happy with the way our son and a
Prince of this
Kingdom is going about making unguided statements. It does
not say well of
the good image and hard-earned integrity of the Kano
Emirate. The Emir
and the Emirate Council feel very embarrassed over
Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi’s recent actions and we have ordered him to
tread
with caution,” a highly placed Chief in Kano Emirate
Council told
Pointblanknews.com.
Already, the Emirate
Council has sent a delegation to the Presidency with
a mandate to
apologize to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over recent
comments and
actions of the suspended CBN Governor.
The high-power
delegation led by Dan Massanin Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama
Sule and made up
of respected elders, members of the Kano Ruling House and
representativesof
the Emirate were mandated to apologize to President
Jonathan on behalf
of the Kano people and the Emirate Council.
Even among
residents and indigenes of the ancient commercial city, many
have expressed
surprise that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who is a front-line
contender of Ado
Bayero’s seat could take actions capable of
putting to
question the
integrity and honour of Kano Emirate Council.
Malam Abdullahi
Ibrahim Doguwa, a political analyst described Lamido
Sanusi Lamido as a
hero who shot himself on the arm, “when he assumed
office as CBN
Governor, he exhibited characters that made us proud. We
were really proud
of him; but he dug his own grave when he missed up his
assignment as CBN
Governor with politics and political agenda.
“Sanusi Lamido Sanusi offered himself to be
used and dumped by desperate
politicians who
exploited his ‘busy body’ and loquaciousness to achieve
their selfish
agenda; while watching in laughter as the Kano prince
crashed his own
career and integrity in such a tragic way. As it is now,
he is on the verge
of losing everything as his shameful outing at the CBN
has seriously
damaged his chances of becoming the Emir of Kano, a
dream
that is so dear to
him.”
Most residents are
also frowning at recent romance between embattled
Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi and Kano state Governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as
they remind the
Governor of the Sanusi of the early years of 2000 when
Kwankwaso as Kano
state Governor (during his first term) threatened to
withdraw
government’s patronage of UBA if Sanusi was not sacked
by the
bank.
Pointblanknews.com
recalls that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a staff of UBA, at
that time, in his
characteristic mannerism, unwholesomely attacked
Kwankwaso’s government levelling allegations of
misgovernance and financial
misconduct.
Alhaji Khalid
Inuwa, a Kwankwasiyya movement adherent, urged Governor
Kwankwaso to be
wary of Lamido Sanusi Lamido because, “once beaten, twice
shy; we cannot
forget in a hurry, how Sanusi Lamido Sanusi tried in vein
to smear the name
and image of His Excellency, Governor Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso. I
believe Governor Kwankwaso should be very careful with Sanusi
Lamido because he
is not trust worthy.”
Pointblanknews.com
recalls that in July 2012 when Emir Ado Bayero returned
from London, the
Emir expressed his anger with a number of Chiefs in his
Emirate who were
accused of collecting “gifts” from Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
to influence his
ambition of succeeding Ado Bayero upon his death.
Pointblanknews.com
reports that the Emir’s trip to
London generated a lot
of rumours with
divided speculations of the Emir’s health
condition. While
many believed that
Emir Bayero was in coma, others had believed that the
Kano Royal Father
had died in a London hospital.
However, the Emir’s surprised return to Kano dispelled all
the rumours as
thousands of his
supporters and Palace Guards welcomed him amidst fanfare.
The Royal Father,
in a long convoy, moved round from Malam Aminu Kano
International
Airport (MAKIA) to his Palace. Then, there was serious power
play within the
Kano Emirate.
Pointblanknews.com
also learnt that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who was installed
as Majen Kano by
Emir Bayero was desperately interested to become the next
Emir of Kano. It
was learnt from a reliable source that Sanusi Lamido, in
a bid to actualize
his dream, doled out billions of Naira (illegally
remitted from CBN
coffers) to king makers so as to protect his interest
and appoint him
Ado Bayero’s successor. In fact, a source revealed
that
each of those that
matters within the Emirate Council received a “gift” of
N1 billion as an
inducement to pursue and protect the embattled banker’s
interest.
Pointblanknews.com
also gathered that Sanusi’s
desperation to become the
Emir of Kano made
him to secretly apologize to Governor Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso who
would have been a stumbling block to his ambition. This
medium recalls
that Kwankwaso and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi were at daggers
drawn during the
former’s first-term as Governor of Kano state. At
that
time, the CBN
governor, reputed for his radical criticism of Kwankwaso’s
policy incurred
the wrath of Governor Kwankwaso who had sworn to frustrate
all his interest.
Meanwhile, social critics and watchers of the unfolding
scenario at Kano
Emirate Council are of the view that the trouble of Emir
Bayero’s successor remains a time-bomb capable of
wreaking havoc upon
explosion.
However, the
question remains, is Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s desperation to
climb the Kano's traditional stool a move to restore the
integrity of his
grandfather, Emir
Sanusi who was dethroned and banished from the Kano
emirate several
years ago, or a burning desire to serve Kano and its
people? But with
the current ropes of corruption and irresponsibility
entangling Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi’s tin neck, his dream of becoming the Emir
of Kano is
realistically far-fetched.
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