Kano Government Denies Formal Acknowledgment of Bayero as Emir
Sanusi Bature, the Chief Press Secretary to Kano Governor, has claimed that Aminu Ado Bayero was never officially recognized as the Emir of Kano.
Speaking to newsmen, he criticized Ganduje’s administration for what he described as politicizing and undermining the historical integrity of the Kano Emirate.
He explained that Bayero’s role was limited to overseeing the metropolitan areas and did not extend to the broader jurisdiction of the entire Kano Emirate, a distinction affected by the 2019 Emirate law introduced under Ganduje.
He said: “The action of the governor was to protect the integrity of the emirate as an institution. The Emirate of Nigeria pre-dates Nigeria and the country’s constitution, it’s over a thousand years history of people living together under one Emir.
“The previous administration of Ganduje decided to bastardize that history and bring politics into it.
“The politicisation of the Emirate is what the Yusuf promised to restore the lost glory during the campaign.
“This is not the first time an Emir was deposed, Ganduje did it and Sanusi left Kano for peace to rain. Sanusi is now back to Kano after the repealing of the law.
“I want to put it clear that Aminu Ado Bayero was never an Emir of Kano, he was appointed an Emir of eight metropolitan local government of Kano city.
“So, with the revision of the law under one United Kano, the Emirate Aminu served no longer exist. He was an Emir of Kano city Emirate, he was at that status because the main Emirate was bastardized by Ganduje by the 2019 Emirate law.
“He was the 14 Emir of Kano but his jurisdiction was not for the 44 local government of Kano, he’s just only for the eight metropolitan areas which is now abolished.”
Recently, Governor Yusuf reinstated Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano following Bayero’s removal. However, Bayero has contested this decision in court, prompting a legal dispute
