Legal luminary, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who practises law in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital is to lead a legal team which comprises Kola Awodein (SAN), president of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, A.B Mahmoud (SAN) and other top counsels to stall the planned removal of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as Emir of Kano.
Sources informed InsideOyo.com that the eminent legal titans are already working on legal processes to be filed in Kano High Court this morning.
The Kano State House of Assembly, had yesterday, set up an eight-man committee to investigate allegations levelled against the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, bordering on his purported misconduct and alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the Kano Emirate Council.
The Speaker of the state assembly, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, who presided over plenary on Wednesday, constituted the panel following a point of order raised by the member representing Nasarawa constituency, Ibrahim Ahmad Gama.
Saying that Sanusi’s statement was capable of tarnishing the governor’s image, the state government and that of the assembly.
“The emir during his speech in Kaduna, alleged that the Kano State governor and his entourage, including me as the Chairman of the House Committee on Works, wasted one month in China seeking for a loan to construct the light rail project.
“The emir’s statement was not true, we spent only four days in China, and our visit was to find out the capacity of the company to handle the rail project.
“His allegation has brought a lot of insults to my person, the state government and the House of Assembly by the general public in and outside the state,” he said.
He also took a swipe at the Emir of Kano for sending his daughter to represent him at a function organised by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group in Abuja, describing it as inimical to the tradition of the Emirate Council.
“There are many responsible Emirate Council members who could have represented him at the programme. This is the first time we are seeing such in the history of the traditional home,” he added.
According to Gama, the mode of dressing by the Emir’s daughter during the programme also caused embarrassment to the Emirate Council and the tradition of Kano people, because she failed to wear the “full traditional regalia”.
He also accused Sanusi of introducing religious views that are contrary to the teachings of Islam, saying such things were capable of undermining the religion.
Gama further accused Emir Sanusi of getting involved in political issues, the misappropriation of the Emirate Council’s funds and making statements against President Muhammadu Buhari.
After making his case, the Kano Assembly set up a committee to investigate the allegations. The committee was given two weeks to report back to the assembly.
The eight-member committee will be headed by the Chief Whip of the House, Alhaji Labaran Abdul.
Outspoken Sanusi has come under fire in recent weeks for criticising northern leaders and the establishment in the region for holding on to conservative Islamic values, which he said has stunted development in the region.
He has also advocated against child marriage and counselled against Muslim men marrying more than a wife when their finances cannot support a polygamous set up.
