Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday, said he dethroned the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi because he was not best man for the throne, saying he was appointed to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan.
According Ganduje, Sanusi was appointed the Emir in 2014 to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan, who sacked him as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, alleging that $49 billion was missing from the public coffers.
Governor Ganduje made this revelation on Tuesday at the presentation of a book in honour of the former president titled, ‘Dear President Goodluck Jonathan (An Open Letter),” written by a former Managing Editor of the Daily Times Newspaper, Bonaventure Melah, in Abuja.
Ganduje also said that Sanusi was not the best man for the throne at the time he was appointed in June 2014, explaining that he was sustained on the stool despite widespread protests because he had the backing of the Rabiu Kwankwaso administration in the stat at that time.
Ganduje explained that Sanusi should have discussed the matter in private with Jonathan, who in turn could have ordered an investigation into the allegation.
Ganduje praised Jonathan for sacking Sanusi, noting that the allegation of missing money was not honourable.
“Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano not because he was the best man for the throne but to retaliate what Jonathan did to him. That was in order to prove that what Jonathan did to him was wrong and that the people of Kano wanted their son as Emir and therefore, they decided to appoint him as Emir.”
Explaining his reasons for sacking Sanusi, Ganduje said: “When I became governor, I said ‘yes, the Jonathan medicine is an important medicine.’ That medicine, even though I am not a medical doctor, but that medicine would serve the same purpose, for the same disease and the same patient.
“So, I took my ‘Jonathan medicine’ and decided to save the system, to save the institution and I applied it effectively. So, Jonathan and I are on the same page. Actually, I have no regrets.”
