The prevailing tussle over the Kano emirship stool took another dimension on Sunday as supporters of the deposed 15th emir Aminu Ado Bayero staged a peaceful demonstration against the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as 16th Emir of Kano.
The demonstrations erupted shortly after hundreds of Bayero loyalists held a special prayer session at the Nassarawa palace along the state road that Bayero is presently occupying.
During the prayer session led by a clergy Mal. Umar Mai Salati, the supporters sought a divine intervention against the dissolution of the five first-class emirs and the return of peace to Kano.
Rising from the prayer session, the angry supporters set a burning fire on the major road that led to the Government House while leading about a three-kilometer distance demonstration.
The protesters were flanked by placards with several inscriptions kicking against Kano state Emirate Council Law that repealed the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
