Politics Of How PDP,Northern Governors Congratulated A Wrong Emir..The APC Angle To Lamido's Emergence

Few hours before the Secretary to the Kano State Government, Dr. Rabiu Bichi, announced the decision of the selection of Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of kano on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Northern States Governors’ Forum had goofed by rushing to issue statements congratulating   Sanusi Ado Bayero, the son of late Ado Bayero, as the new Emir.

The PDP however withdrew the statement less than two hours when it became clear that it had erred.

Information earlier gathered from the closed door sessions held before a list of the contenders was presented to Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso, indicated that Sanusi was in a close race with his uncle, the Wamban Kano, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi.

Later, news filtered in that Bayero was the choice. This made some on-line publications and a   private television station, to report that Bayero was the chosen one.

The SSG however   told journalists at a news conference,   that Lamido, who is the grandson of the 11th Fulani Emir of Kano and Islamic Scholar, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, had been appointed to replace the late Emir.

He said,   “I have the honour to announce that after careful study of the kingmakers selection and advise, we have chosen the former CBN governor and the Dan’Majen Kano,   Lamido Sanusi as the new emir.”

Bichi was flanked by the four Kano kingmakers – the Sarkin Bai, Sarki Dawaki Mai’Tuta, and the Madakin Kano.

The SSG explained that the former CBN governor was chosen after due consultations with stakeholders.

A night before, a high-powered team of the All Progressives Congress slept in Kano in a show of solidarity for Sanusi. The team comprised of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Bukola Saraki, Nuhu Ribadu, Rotimi Amaechi, Aliyu Wamakko, among others.

Sanusi is the son of Muhammad   Sanusi, a technocrat and a career diplomat, who served as the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His father was   also Nigeria’s Ambassador to Canada, Belgium and China.

The PDP had ,   in   a statement by   its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh , wrongly praised the Kingmakers for their “wise decision in choosing Bayero.

It said the kingmakers had “in so doing, preserved the sanctity of the throne and the confidence reposed in the revered traditional institution.”

“Alhaji Bayero is a rare breed. A man of exceptional wisdom and humility. We have a new Emir who, like his father, remains a detrabilised Nigerians with an unshaken belief in the unity and peaceful coexistence of our people as a nation,” the party added.

The NSGF, through its Chairman, Babangida Aliyu, also blundered like the PDP by rushing to congratulate Bayero even before the state government’s announcement.

Aliyu, who is also the Niger State Governor said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel A. Ebije, thanked Kwankwaso for playing the role of a good umpire during the entire process.

He said, “Let me congratulate the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Ado Bayero over his ascension as Emir of Kano. God has granted him the position and he must sustain his fathers legacies especially in maintaining peace within Kano state, the North and Nigeria as a whole.

“The Northern States Governors Forum is indeed very happy for him and we congratulate him. It is however instructive to intimate that his father had a vision of ensuring that the North and Nigeria remain united and indivisible and that tenet he must sustain.”