We have seen our emirate be depreciated, sold and distributed
Shahida, the daughter of the 14th Emir of Kano State, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, hailed the emergence of Abba Yusuf as the elected governor of Kano.
Her father was deposed on March 9, 2020 by the administration led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
After Sanusi was deposed on allegations bordering on insubordination, he was ‘banished’ by Ganduje to Awe in Nasarawa State, an action which the Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled unlawful, unlawful and unconstitutional.
The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that Yusuf, the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, was the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state.
According to results reported by the returning officer for the Kano State Governor election, Prof. Ahmed Ibrahim, the NNPP candidate garnered 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress. , which garnered 890,705 votes.
Taking to her Instagram account on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Shahida recalled how the current administration had “cheapened and sold out” the emirate of Kano.
“Now if someone who really deserves this seat sits in it, even if it is not MSH (his father), we will say Alhamdulilah. We just want our emirate to be what it deserves to be,” the mother-of-three added.
“And if decreed by Allah, it should be MSH, Alhamdulilah! I want this type of leadership for Kano. We deserve it. We have produced great people. It would be amazing to benefit from it,” she added.
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