Abba Yusuf signs bill abolishing Kano emirates created by Ganduje

BACKGROUND

In May 2019, the house of assembly approved the amendment of
the Kano State Emirate Council Law, which paved the way for the balkanisation
of the emirate.

The legislation was purportedly conceived to whittle the
powers of Muhammadu Sanusi, then Emir of Kano.

Subsequently, Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano at the
time, signed the bill into law.

With the law, Kano was divided into five emirates — Kano,
Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi — with Emirs appointed into each emirate.

In March 2020, Ganduje deposed Sanusi as Emir of Kano “for
total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”.