Prominent politician Buba Galadima has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of fuelling the lingering emirship tussle in Kano State by allegedly backing dethroned Emir Aminu Ado-Bayero against the reinstated monarch, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Galadima alleged that the presidency was using security agencies to protect Ado-Bayero, while leaving ordinary citizens vulnerable to insecurity.
“How can Kwankwaso be a friend of the APC with what they are doing to us in Kano? They appointed two emirs in one town. There is a federal government emir and a state emir. Who has the responsibility to appoint emirs and pay them? It is the state,” he fumed.
According to Galadima, no fewer than 40 police pickup vans have been deployed to guard Ado-Bayero, while bandits and criminals continue to terrorise communities in parts of Kano State.
“In some localities, people are being killed and their handsets taken while the police are tied down. Are they not ashamed?” he asked.
He argued that the Federal High Court had “no role in deciding chieftaincy matters” and accused the presidency of destabilising Kano for political advantage ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Galadima dismissed reports suggesting that NNPP leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, might align with the ruling APC, insisting such talks were false.
“Let anybody come out and tell me that he met Kwankwaso and persuaded him to join the APC. I ought to know. He is the strongest political iroko in this country today because he dared the APC and defeated them in Kano,” Galadima maintained.
He also declared that the NNPP would play a decisive role in determining Nigeria’s next president in 2027.
Kano’s emirate has faced political and royal battles for over a decade. Sanusi II, a former Central Bank governor, replaced Ado-Bayero in 2014 but was dethroned in 2020 by then-governor Abdullahi Ganduje. In May 2024, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Sanusi, a move that triggered legal challenges and reopened political divisions in the state.
✅ At Stone Reporters, we continue to monitor the political and royal dynamics in Kano as they intersect with Nigeria’s wider 2027 political calculations.
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