Sanusi: Don’t instigate crisis in Kano, Frank tells Ganduje

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has advised Kano state governor,   Umar Ganduje not to instigate needless crisis in the state.

Frank in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday said the new Bill signed into law on the Kano Emirate was a political vendetta aimed to make the Kano Emirate under Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi irrelevant.

Frank claimed that with the new bill passed into law, the ruling  All Progressives Congress was gradually becoming notorious for a clampdown on traditional institutions.

The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party recalled the sack of certain traditional rulers by the Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the recent faceoff between the Oyo state governor, Isiaka Ajimobi and the Olubadan of Ibadan, His Royal Highness, Saliu Adetunji.

According to Frank, Emir Sanusi did not commit any crime apart from being outspoken in action and in words against anti-peoples policies of the APC administration both at the federal and the state levels.

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He said: ” Tide and Market may come and go but the history will not be kind to anyone who destroys the traditional institution. For a political reason, governor Ganduje has dismembered the respected Emirate to prove a point, but the governor should know that the evils men do live after them.

“I strongly believe that God will vindicate Emir Sanusi the way He has done to Olubadan of Ibadan. One of the things that make Kano state thick is the Kano Emirate but for a selfish reason, Ganduje has chosen to destroy the cultural heritage of Kano people. If I were Ganduje’s adviser, I would have advised him to learn from his in-law, the outgoing governor Ajimobi before it is too late,” Frank stated.

“It is a typical case of throwing the baby away with the bath water. This system that has become the order of the day under APC administration, cannot hold for too long.

“No matter how anybody feels about Emir Sanusi, injustice does not have two names, it is Sanusi today, it may be Sultan of Sokoto tomorrow. Sanusi is not timid, Sanusi is a world-class modern Emir, too enlightened beyond the reach of the tenant and mediocre in Kano government house.

“Ganduje should know for a fact that four years will come and go but history will not be kind to him forever,” Frank said.

The statement, however, congratulated Emir Sanusi for his recently announced appointment by the United Nations, describing him as a god without honour at home.