The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and the President, Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliyu Dangote, have concluded arrangement to wade into the cold war between President Goodluck Jonathan and the new emir of Kano, Malam Sanusi Lamido, with a view to making the president drop the charges pressed against the new emir.
Sunday Tribune learnt that the prominent traditional ruler would soon meet with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, to lend a helping hand in order to resolve the issues surrounding the emergence of Sanusi as the new emir of Kano.
The choice of Oba Sijuwade was said to have been informed by the closeness of the monarch to the late emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, and the belief that he could help reconcile the sons of the late emir with the new emir of Kano.
It will be recalled that the Sultan had, in last week, condemned the deployment of security operatives to the emir’s palace in Kano, and similarly spoke about the allegation raised by the Kano State governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, that Mr President was behind the violence that erupted in Kano city shortly after Sanusi emerged as the new emir.
The intervention of the Sultan, it was learnt, paved way for the eventual removal of security operatives stationed at the palace, thus facilitating the entry of the new emir to the palace.
A source, who preferred anonymity, told Sunday Tribune that Sultan Abubakar felt that the best way to resolve the crisis between the two personalities was to prevail on both President Jonathan and Sanusi to drop any case either instituted by the president or the new emir.
He added that the Sultan believed that whatever happened to the new emir of Kano was a collective problem of the Hausa/Fulani, adding that the new emir was a direct son of Othman Dan Fodio.
According to the source, “We are currently battling with insurgents across the North, it will not be right again to allow the tussle over emirship tear us apart. The Sultan of Sokoto believes in peaceful co-existence of the North, and the country in general; he, therefore, doesn’t want anything that will aggravate the problem confronting the region and the nation as well, hence his decision to resolve the crisis, stating that this mindset informed the decision of the Sultan to wade into the crisis.”
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa'ad Mohammed, wants all charges of financial improprieties dropped against Mallam Sanusi Lamido because he is a direct descendant of Uthman Dan Fodio, the Fulani founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, right? That means all the money he stole and/or illegally gave away as largesses should be forgiven, not so? Does being the descendant of a Fulani Islamist warlord amount to being above the law? Why are northern leaders always shielded from prosecution for official wrongs? Look at it: their Boko Haram militia, despite killing over 12, 000 Nigerians, are now being seriously considered for official pardon.
The northern Muslim leaders, despite delivering on their promise to make the country ungovernable, are still being actively rewarded with plum government positions and lofty contracts. What about Sanusi Lamido's sponsorship of the Boko Haram insurgency? What about his 7% shares/ownership of the Malaysian Islamic Bank? He bought those shares with funds stolen from the Central Bank of Nigeria, didn't he? The Sultan of Sokoto wants Goodluck Jonathan to roll over, kiss his Jihadist ass, forgive and forget the BILLIONS of DOLLARS Mallam Sanusi "SanuTHIEF" Lamido stole from the Central Bank of Nigeria, not so?
Is he, the Sultan, seeking this because he and other northern Muslim leaders were the grand beneficiaries of Sanusi's illegal transactions and fraudulent largesse? If President Goodluck Jonathan drops charges of financial improprieties against Mallam Sanusi Lamiso Sanusi, his government will henceforth be regarded as a sham and his presidency?
Well, his presidency shall forever live in infamy as a drifting, spineless, weak and willing promoter of official corruption and graft. This is sickening!
Tribune.
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa'ad Mohammed, wants all charges of financial improprieties dropped against Mallam Sanusi Lamido because he is a direct descendant of Uthman Dan Fodio, the Fulani founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, right? That means all the money he stole and/or illegally gave away as largesses should be forgiven, not so? Does being the descendant of a Fulani Islamist warlord amount to being above the law? Why are northern leaders always shielded from prosecution for official wrongs? Look at it: their Boko Haram militia, despite killing over 12, 000 Nigerians, are now being seriously considered for official pardon.
The northern Muslim leaders, despite delivering on their promise to make the country ungovernable, are still being actively rewarded with plum government positions and lofty contracts. What about Sanusi Lamido's sponsorship of the Boko Haram insurgency? What about his 7% shares/ownership of the Malaysian Islamic Bank? He bought those shares with funds stolen from the Central Bank of Nigeria, didn't he? The Sultan of Sokoto wants Goodluck Jonathan to roll over, kiss his Jihadist ass, forgive and forget the BILLIONS of DOLLARS Mallam Sanusi "SanuTHIEF" Lamido stole from the Central Bank of Nigeria, not so?
Is he, the Sultan, seeking this because he and other northern Muslim leaders were the grand beneficiaries of Sanusi's illegal transactions and fraudulent largesse? If President Goodluck Jonathan drops charges of financial improprieties against Mallam Sanusi Lamiso Sanusi, his government will henceforth be regarded as a sham and his presidency?
Well, his presidency shall forever live in infamy as a drifting, spineless, weak and willing promoter of official corruption and graft. This is sickening!
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