Abba Yusuf signs bill creating second-class emirates in Kano

Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has signed the bill creating three second-class emirates in the state.

The bill was passed by the Kano house of assembly on Tuesday.

The legislation seeks to create three emirates: Rano (Rano, Bunkure, and Kibiya), Karaye (Karaye, Rogo), and Gaya (Gaya, Ajingi, and Albasu).

The second-class emirates will be under Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano.

The monarchs of the new emirates are expected to seek counsel from the Emir of Kano on “matters concerning public order, territorial disputes, communal conflicts, and religious affairs within their respective domains”.

In a statement, Dawakin-Tofa Bature, spokesperson of Kano governor, quoted Yusuf as saying that the names of the emirs for the new emirates would be announced soon.

The development comes a day after a Kano state high court restrained Aminu Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano, pending the determination of a suit.

Aminu Aliyu, the presiding judge, also restrained four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye from parading themselves as monarchs.

On May 23, Sanusi was reinstated as emir by Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, at a colourful ceremony in the government house.

The Kano house of assembly repealed the law used by Abdullahi Ganduje, former governor of the state, to depose Sanusi in 2020 and divide

The repeal paved the way for the reinstatement of Sanusi and the dethronement of Bayero.