The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has identified the manipulation of the country’s fault lines by the elite as the source of unending communal violence and insecurity in the land.
He also accused the political elite of manipulating the people over issues of restructuring for their selfish interest.
The speech by Sanusi II, at the 9th Triennial National Conference of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, held in Abuja yesterday, was delivered on his behalf by Dr. Bashir Umar of the Ado Bayero University, Kano.
In the speech with the theme, “Justice, Equity and Peaceful Coexistence: Ideas and Reality in a Multi-Religious Nation”, the Emir noted that the pro- or anti-restructuring proponents had exploited the fault lines in the makeup of the country to achieve selfish agenda.
According to the royal father, the elite’s blind quest for power had resulted in tribal and religious clashes, “even though they are reducing in most…
