Alhaji Lamido Sanusi has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano.
He was deposed in 2020.
The reinstatement followed the approval of the governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, just as he signed into law, the amended Kano State Emirate Council bill.
The bill which was passed by the Kano State House of Assembly few hours earlier, dissolved the Emirate Council and sacked the five Emirs appointed by former governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Governor Yusuf of Kano State on Thursday signed the amended Kano State Emirates Council bill into law.
The abrogated Kano State Emirates Council Law 2019, signed by the then-Governor Ganduje, had created five Emirates – Kano, Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye.
Ganduje, in March 2020, dethroned Sanusi, citing insubordination.
He was replaced by Aminu Ado Bayero, who was transferred from Bichi Emirate, to Kano.
The new law states that all offices created under the repealed law have been dissolved, and district heads appointed or elevated under the law are to revert to their former positions.
The Commissioner for Local Government shall oversee all transitional arrangements, including how to deal with the assets and liabilities of the abolished Emirates and the new structures created under the repealed Principal Law dated 5th December, 2019.
Similarly, all the affected Emirs of the five Emirates have been directed to handover properties in their possessions to the Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
