Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday said he dethroned former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, because he was not the best man for the throne, claiming that Sanusi was appointed in 2014 to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan who sacked him as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor for alleging that $49 billion was missing from the Federation Accounts.
Ganduje commended President Jonathan for sacking Sanusi, noting that the allegation of missing money was not honourable as the ex-CBN helmsman should have trashed out the matter with President Jonathan in private rather his public disclosure of it.
Ganduje said: “Sanusi was appointed Emir of
Kano not because he was the best man for the throne but to retaliate what
Jonathan did to him. That was in order to prove that what Jonathan did to him
was wrong and that the people of Kano wanted their son as Emir and therefore,
they decided to appoint him as Emir.
“When I became governor, I said ‘yes, the Jonathan medicine is an important
medicine.’ That medicine, even though I am not a medical doctor, but that
medicine would serve the same purpose, for the same disease and the same
patient.
“So, I took my
‘Jonathan medicine’ and decided to save the system, to save the institution and
I applied it effectively. So, Jonathan and I are on the same page. Actually, I
have no regrets.”
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