The new emir who received his appointment letter from Kano state Government at the Government House, Kano on Monday, according to the spokesperson of Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Baba Dantiye
Gov. Kwankwaso and his cabinet are now seated in Africa Hall of the the Kano Government House.
The kingmakers are also seated. All the requirements for coronation are in place but seems the Jonathan ploys to scuttle the planned Emirship is yet to be over as there were unconfirmed reports of protest still ongoing in the city!
Earlier the AIG of Police in charge of Kano has taken over the Palace and refused the movement of the royal regalia for the coronation to Government House on orders from the Villa.
However the All Progressives Congress, APC accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of inciting violence in Kano moments after the state government announced the name of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano.
The party stated that the protests on Sunday was an apparent attempt to destabilize the state, and urged the state’s Attorney-General to prosecute all PDP officials involved in the act.
In a press statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the statement issued by PDP's Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, congratulating one of the contenders long before the Kano state government announced the new Emir was premeditated and calculated to incite violence.
APC wondered why a ruling party, which has access to the Kano state government, would rush to the media to congratulate a contender who had not been selected, without even contacting the selecting authority to ensure the accuracy of whatever news it may have heard.
''What is so urgent about congratulating the new Emir that could not have waited for a few hours for the appropriate authority to make an official announcement?'' APC queried.
The party said when the announcement was eventually made and the contender who had already been congratulated lost out, it was only natural that his supporters would feel shortchanged.
''It is, therefore, obvious that the PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary went out of their way to stoke the fire of violence in Kano.
''Since we live in a country that is being governed by the rule of law, the best option open to the Kano state government is for the State Attorney-General to immediately commence criminal proceedings against PDP and its officials for incitement. Whatever explanations they have for their irresponsible and premeditated actions they should reserve for their defence in court, ‘’the statement concluded.
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