The
forum said it is wrong for the Presidency to interfere with
enthronement of the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, as the new Emir of Kano.
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According to the forum, the presidency ought not to interfere in an ethno-religious tradition that is over 1000 years old.
PUNCH
reports that the Deputy National Chairman, NEF, Dr. Paul Unongo,
alleged that President Jonathan has often rejected advise, going hard on
his critics adding that he was being misled by his advisers.
"Such
is happening in Kano after somebody who was supposed to be the
government’s enemy was chosen by the traditional people to be their
emir. I saw the government reacting to a purely traditional and
religious matter."
“He is a Christian
president but people are pushing him to go and stop a religious and
traditional leader. I don’t think they know the meaning of an emir. An
emir is both like a pope; like an archbishop and, at the same time, he
has traditional powers," Paul said.
The
forum also lent its support to the Borno State Governor, Kashim
Shettima, over his stance on the insurgency by the terrorist group, Boko
Haram, in the North-East.
Following the death of Ado Bayero, the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi was chosen as the new Emir. Following the announcement that Sanusi was the new Emir, some aggrieved people took to the streets in protest.
There
were also reports that Sanusi was sneaked out of his house by Kano
state government after intelligence report that the Federal government
was making plans to arrest him.
Even after he received his appointment letter and staff of office, he continued to rule his subjects from the Kano government house as the palace was under lock and key.
However, on Friday, June 13, the new Emir proceeded to his palace with a huge crowd following him.
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