Former CBN Governor and new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is a
master planner who had laid out his long term plans to be ascend the
throne once the incumbent, Alhaji Ado Bayero passed on. He got his
wishes.
He was disgraced out of office a few months ago but today, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, is the new Emir of Kano, one of the most powerful traditional rulers in the country.
The Emir of Kano is revered, respected and even presidents bow to him; this
is exactly the lot of the 14th Emir of Kano, as even his albatross,
President Goodluck Jonathan will have to pay him homage.
But
what many do not know is that Alhaji Sanusi had been carefully scheming
for the position over five years ago, knowing that one day, the frail
and sick former Emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero, would soon join his ancestor.
Coupled
with this was the great influence exerted on the king makers by the All
Progressive Congress, (APC), led government in the state by Governor
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
There were clear indications that the king
makers had favoured the first son of the late Emir, Sanusi Lamido Ado
Bayero, who is said to be eminently qualified but Governor Kwankwaso had
his debts to pay to Lamido Sanusi who is his greatest benefactor.
Sources
in Kano confirmed to pulse.ng that Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso and the All
Progressive Congress, (APC), needed to make intervention in the choice
to spite the Federal Government led by Goodluck Jonathan in what has
remained an emerging cold war between the two personalities and
political parties.
Those that have been following the schemes of
Sanusi quickly pointed out to the way he was doling out hundreds of
millions of naira to the state while he held sway at the CBN.
They
further pointed out that while at the CBN, Sanusi was solely
responsible for about 85% of the APC budget, all in a bid to endear
himself to the top echelons at the party.
He is also reported to
have doled out millions of naira to the Kano king makers on a regular
basis even when Alhaji Bayero was still alive and that when the
selection process was on their plate, the king makers could not give the
respected throne to another person when their pay master was also
interested.
The king makers reportedly held a meeting inside the
palace, before leaving in a convoy for a meeting with the governor where
he reportedly told them that he and other stakeholders in the state
wanted Sanusi and no one else.
The issue was ironed out, money exchanged hands and Sanusi was announced as the new Emir of Kano.
The
bottom line is that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had planned and schemed
several years ahead to be the Emir of Kano, long before Ado Bayero died.
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