By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Friday in Abuja said going by the status of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as a traditional ruler, he is not qualified to hold talks with the governor but can only discuss with the local government chairman.
Ganduje who made this remark in the conference centre of the Presidential Villa, while answering questions from State House correspondents on why he balkanised the 800-year old Kano Emirate into five smaller units, said he had nothing against Sanusi.
According to Ganduje, the action is not an expression of vendetta against the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, explaining that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) has clearly defined his limit as a traditional ruler who could only report to the chairman of his local government.
He also claimed that the balkanisation of the age-long Kano Emirate into smaller units had been a subject of…
