Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has firmly denied claims that plans are underway to remove Muhammadu Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, insisting that the reports are false and unfounded.
The governor, through his Director-General of Media and Publicity, Sanusi Bature, said there was “absolutely no plan or agreement” to depose the monarch, stressing that the state government remains committed to the existing legal framework governing the emirate.
Bature made the clarification during an interview with Weekend Trust, where he dismissed the renewed rumours as deliberate misinformation, allegedly fueled by individuals “who do not mean well for Kano State”.
He categorically stated: “There is no plan to replace Emir Sanusi on the throne of Kano.
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“The appointment of the emir was done after the emirates law had been repealed, and there is no plan at the executive level for any further amendment.
“Emir Sanusi has been duly appointed in accordance with the repeal law, and this defection to the APC will not in any way change the status quo.
“Emir Sanusi remains the Emir of Kano, there is no move, no intention to substitute him.”
Kano State has been grappling with a prolonged and unprecedented royal impasse for nearly two years, with two traditional rulers laying claim to the Kano Emirate.
While Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II operates from the historic Gidan Rumfa Palace, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero continues to hold court at the Nassarawa mini-palace, each enjoying backing from opposing political blocs.
Sanusi was removed from the throne in March 2020 by the administration of former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and replaced by Bayero.
However, he was reinstated in May 2024 by Governor Yusuf following the passage of the Kano State Emirates Councils (Repeal) Law 2024 by the State House of Assembly.
The law dismantled the five emirates created under the 2019 legislation, a move widely regarded as central to Sanusi’s earlier removal.
