The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has attributed his reinstatement to the throne to the intervention and will of God.
Sanusi made this assertion on Friday after receiving his letter of appointment from Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, at the Government House in Kano.
Sanusi was initially dethroned in 2020 following a fallout with the former governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
His return marks a significant moment in the history of Kano’s leadership.
In his appreciation speech, Sanusi emphasized the divine nature of his reinstatement.
“The Arabians used to say in everything that we are going to witness, there is a lesson that shows us that God is there.
Whatever is happening to an individual is preordained by Allah and to those who are sensible enough, it’s a lesson,” he stated.
“God is one and whatever He does, nobody can change and what He doesn’t do, nobody can.”
Reflecting on his past tenure, Sanusi said, “Time will not permit for long talks.
Whatever we will say, we have said it when we were leaving.
We made it clear that God has preordained time and cause for everything and everyone.
He gave leadership to whom he wanted and at the time he wanted.
When He gives, no one can take it away and when he takes it away, nobody can take it back.”
Sanusi recalled his initial appointment in 2014 by former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and expressed his gratitude for being reappointed by Governor Yusuf a decade later.
“My Governor and our assembly members, you will not understand the gravity of what you did for the history of Kano and the country at large,” Sanusi remarked.
He underscored the uniqueness of his reinstatement, noting that it was unprecedented in Kano’s long history of over 1,000 years since Emir Bagauda.
“In this year, it was once that we had Emir Muhammadu Koguna who was overthrown and he came back after some days.
This shows that in 1,000 years, there has been no case like what happened now.”
Sanusi also warned against the fragmentation of emirates seen in other northern states.
“In the northern part of this country, we have seen it in different states how politicians balkanised emirates with a state with one Emir becoming 20, some 19.
This thing that has been brought to Kano, had it been it was allowed, one day we will wake up with Emir of Kumbotso, Bichi, Fagge and 44 Emirs.
So what the government and the assembly did is a rescue mission.”
Governor Yusuf, while presenting the appointment letter, affirmed the decision based on Sanusi’s “competence, credibility and popularity.”
He urged the new Emir to be guided by the principles of Islamic teachings and to use his position to unite the emirate and foster harmony among the Islamic sects in the state.
“By the powers conferred on me by the Kano Emirate Council Law of 1984 and 2024, and supported by the recommendation of the kingmakers, I have the singular pleasure of confirming the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano and the head of the Kano Emirate Council,” Governor Yusuf declared.
