Scores of protesters on Friday marched to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa and the National Assembly in protest over Thursday’s reinstatement of Muhammed Sanusi 11 as the 16th Emir of Kano.
On Thursday, the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, signed the new Kano Emirate Council Law after the State House of Assembly repealed the law that led to the creation of four additional emirates in the ancient city by the then-governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Although a federal high court in Kano ordered the state government not to enforce the new law, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has since been turbaned as the 16th Emir of Kano.
Speaking with reporters during the protest on Friday, the leader of the Northern Nigeria Peace and Development Foundation, Abdullahi Saleh, said the governor was taking steps to erode the legacy of his predecessor.
He called on President Bola Tinubu to swiftly intervene to prevent the State from sliding into anarchy.
