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Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has visited the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja.
The governor visited Ribadu on Thursday, Might 30, 2024, amidst the continuing tussle over the throne of the Emir of Kano.
This was revealed in a submit by the governor on his official X web page.
“I had a fruitful engagement with the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, this afternoon in Abuja. – AKY,” the Governor mentioned on his X deal with with out giving additional particulars of the aim of the assembly with the NSA.
I had a fruitful engagement with the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, this afternoon in Abuja. – AKY pic.twitter.com/bOcmuUflDe
— Abba Kabir Yusuf (@Kyusufabba) Might 30, 2024
The assembly got here amidst rigidity over the dissolution of 5 emirates his administration inherited from its predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi ll because the Emir of Kano after signing new Emirate regulation into regulation within the state.
The amended regulation dissolved the 5 Emirate Councils and eliminated the emirs appointed by former governor Ganduje in 2019, paving the way in which for the re-enthronement of Sanusi.
Nonetheless, the deposed Emir Aminu Bayero who was out of the state had returned hours after the reinstatement of Sanusi and insisted that he wouldn’t vacate the throne.
Amid the stress, the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Malam Aminu Gwarzo had in a short video interview on the Emir’s palace in Gidan Rumfa final Saturday tried to hyperlink Ribadu to the Emirship tussle by accusing him of arranging the return of the deposed Bayero, to Kano.
“The Nationwide Safety Adviser supplied two jets to convey the dethroned emir to Kano and to take him to the palace. We’ve not understood their intention,” Gwarzo mentioned.
Nonetheless, the NSA described the declare by the deputy governor as false with a menace that he would sue him for defamation. The NSA, in a letter by his legal professionals, Aliyu & Musa Chambers final Saturday demanded an apology from Gwarzo over the accusation.
The legal professionals emphasised that whereas Ribadu had by no means been accused of any wrongdoing, he had been inundated with “a barrage of phone calls each inside and outdoors Nigeria” over the “false accusation.”
Two days later, Gwarzo withdrew the allegation towards the NSA and apologised to him whereas addressing newsmen on the Authorities Home in Kano.
The deputy governor claimed that he was misled into making the allegation and expressed regrets for any embarrassment or inconvenience induced the NSA and his workplace.
”We had been shocked to listen to the NSA’s title talked about within the plot to impose a deposed Emir in Kano, realizing his integrity and pedigree. We’re human and might err at any time,” the deputy governor mentioned.
“On behalf of myself and the Governor of Kano State, I guarantee the NSA of our continued help and cooperation in discharging his duties.”
The deputy governor known as on President Bola Tinubu to conduct a radical investigation into the happenings in Kano to make sure peace and stability within the state.
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