The newly reinstalled Emir of the Kano Emirates, Mohammed Sanusi II has said that his return as the Emir of Kano was Preordained by God.
Sanusi II spoke after the presentation of his appointment letter at the Kano State government house, thanking Governor Abba Yusuf for reinstating him.
After his tenure as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi II was announced the Emir of the Kano Emirates by then governor Kwankaso, but was deposed of his position by Ganduje, the immediate past Governor.
Ganduje created four new Emirates including the Kano Emirate and then deposed Sanusi II of his post but the current governor, His Excellecy Abba Yusuf after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law removed all other Emirates allowing only the Kano Emirate, calling it a move for unity.
After his appointment letter presentation, Sanusi II called his return divine.
“The Arabians used to say that in everything we witness, there is a lesson that shows us that God is there. Whatever happens to an individual is preordained by Allah, and for those who are sensible enough, it’s a lesson. God is one, and whatever He does, nobody can change, and what He doesn’t do, nobody can,” he said at the Government House in Kano on Friday just after he got the letter.
“About 10 years ago, in this same place, former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso gave me my appointment letter as the Emir of Kano. Today, after 10 years, I am here again receiving a reappointment letter from Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
“Time will not permit long talks. Whatever we needed to say, we said when we were leaving. We made it clear that God has preordained the time and cause for everything and everyone. He gives leadership to whom He wants and at the time He wants. When He gives, no one can take it away, and when He takes it away, nobody can bring it back.”
He also thanked the governor and members of the Kano State House of Assembly whom he said were on a “rescue mission” by reinstating him.
“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. Among Kano Emirs, it started from Bagauda over 1,000 years ago. In these years, there was only once that we had an Emir, Muhammadu Koguna, who was overthrown and came back after some days. This shows that in 1,000 years, there has been no case like what happened now.
“In the northern part of this country, we have seen in different states how politicians have splited up emirates, with a state with one Emir becoming 20, some 19. In states of northern Nigeria, there are local governments with two or three first-class Emirs, all because the system has been destroyed.
