Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said that Muhammadu Sanusi was appointed Kano emir in 2014 not because he was the best for the throne but to spite the President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ganduje spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of a book on Johnathan, which was authored by a journalist, Bonaventure Philips Melah.
Jonathan had in April 2014 sacked Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), but the Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso appointed him emir two months later.
“Jonathan took a bold step in sacking Sanusi as CBN Governor, which created bad blood in certain circles.
“When Sanusi said $49 billion was lost in Jonathan’s government, I said in my mind that No, you could have discussed with him (Jonathan) privately.
“You could have given him this clue and then he would know how to investigate even before those who had stolen the money would find a way of hiding the money.
“That statement, I said in my mind was not honourable. That statement created bad blood”.
Ganduje, who was Kwankwaso’s deputy at the time Sanusi was appointed, said the former CBN governor did not deserve in the first place and, on March 9, 2020, sacked him from the throne.
“Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano not because he was the best man for the throne but to retaliate what Jonathan did to him.
“That was in order to prove that what Jonathan did to him was wrong and that the people of Kano wanted their son as Emir and therefore they decided to appoint him as Emir.
“But when he was appointed, there were a lot of demonstration with people burning tyres here and there. But because of government backing, he was sustained on the stool.
“When I became governor, (that’s why you will laugh), I said yes, the Jonathan medicine is an important medicine.
“That medicine, even though I am not a medical doctor, but that medicine would serve the same purpose, for the same disease and for the same patient.
“So I took my Jonathan medicine and decided to save the system, to save the institution and I applied it effectively. So Jonathan and I are on the same page. Actually, I have no regrets.”
