Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, met with former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, at the Rivers State Economic and Investment Summit in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Sanusi, who is the keynote speaker at the summit, is reportedly set to be reinstated as the Emir of Kano following the passage of a new law by the Kano State House of Assembly abolishing four emirates created in addition to the Emirate of Kano.
The emirates were established under a controversial law in 2019 by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration.
Although there has been no official statement on Sanusi’s reinstatement, sources close to the situation have confirmed that he is expected to arrive in Kano on Friday.
The meeting between Duke and Sanusi comes amid speculation about the latter’s potential reinstatement as Emir of Kano.
The sources said, “So certainly with the passage of the Bill, Sanusi automatically stands reinstated. No need for confirmation, the thing is to wait for the governor to assent to it.”
Meanwhile, Naija News earlier reported that the State Assembly passed a bill titled, ‘The Kano State Emirates Councils (Repeal) Bill, 2024’, which dissolved the establishment of the additional emirates.
This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to the state governor, Tuwita on X, stating that the bill was passed after it scaled third reading before the lawmakers.
