Watch: After Rivers state, plot to impose state of emergency in Kano state revealed

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering politics and governance.

Kano, Kano state - A chieftain of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has alleged that determination was a expansive plan to acceptable up the Kano authorities specified that they could state a authorities of exigency successful the state.

Speaking successful a video interrogation with Africa Independent Television (AIT), monitored by Legit.ng on Tuesday, April 8, Galadima stated that the powers that beryllium privation to detain Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, the reinstated Emir of Kano.

Galadima said:

"Unknown to him (President Bola Tinubu); and I tin bushed my thorax that helium didn't cognize that determination was a expansive plan to acceptable up the Kano authorities government, including the Emir, specified that they could state a authorities of emergency."There was a gathering successful a elder authoritative of government's location successful this Abuja, and the antheral that was expected to beryllium appointed Emir (apparently referring to Aminu Ado Bayero) was sent to Umrah (lesser pilgrimage), and arsenic I talk to you now, helium is successful Saudi Arabia, due to the fact that their reasoning is that erstwhile the Emir is invited today, helium would beryllium detained successful Abuja. Once helium is detained, the subject would beryllium enactment connected alert."

The video can beryllium watched below:

Kano could endure Rivers' fate

Legit.ng recalls that successful March, President Tinubu declared a authorities of emergency successful Rivers state, a arguable determination that has raised concerns among galore Nigerians. The president besides suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his lawman Ngozi Odu, and the state’s lawmakers for six months. He besides appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired vice admiral, arsenic the tentative head of the oil-rich state.

Tinubu gave antithetic reasons for his enactment including the governmental impasse successful the state, the implications of a caller Supreme Court judgement and the alleged wilful demolition of lipid pipelines by militants allegedly sympathetic to Governor Fubara successful his feud with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the existent curate of the national superior territory (FCT).

Like Rivers state, Kano is controlled by the absorption enactment (NNPP) and the contiguous past governors of some states (Wike and Abdullahi Ganduje) privation power of the states' governmental structures.

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• Police retreat invitation to Emir of Kano, Sanusi
• How lawman talker Kalu sidestepped naming Aminu Bayero arsenic Emir of Kano amid emirship tussle
• Aminu Ado Bayero cancels planned Durbar implicit information concerns successful Kano

Police code Emir Sanusi arsenic "Alhaji," retreat invitation

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that contention erupted aft the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) withdrew its invitation to Emir Sanusi portion controversially addressing him arsenic "Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi" successful its authoritative communication.

The police, done the bureau of the inspector-general of constabulary (IGP), had initially summoned the Emir for questioning implicit the alleged breakdown of instrumentality and bid during the 2025 Eid-el-Fitr celebrations successful Kano. However, the invitation was aboriginal rescinded — a determination that has sparked backlash, peculiarly implicit however the monarch was addressed.

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Source: Legit.ng