The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has taken sides with Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai for the withdrawal of the Governor’s invitation to take part in the 2020 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the deposed Kano Emir, who departed Lagos State for Kaduna State on Sunday morning, on a visit to northern Nigeria first time after his dethronement in March, felt Governor El-Rufai was not accorded the right to fair hearing, and he hoped the matter does not tear the NBA apart.
Sanusi stressed that the invitation granted Governor El-Rufai would have actually given the NBA a rare opportunity to grill the Kaduna State Governor. He argued that El-Rufai always has opinions, and that people will either like him for it or hate him for it.
“You know if you have an opinion, people will either agree with you or disagree with you but a man who has an opinion that can be agreed with or disagreed with is always better than a man who has no opinion at all.
“Nasir always has opinions. He knows what his positions are on things. He says that position very clearly. People will like it, some people will not like it and that is what some people call controversial and being controversial is actually having an opinion. To be honest I do not want to join issues because we have already heard the views of Nigerians and the response.
“Everybody has a right to a fair hearing, and most importantly for me, if you feel that the Governor of Kaduna State is not doing right you should invite him to your covers and ask him to explain what he is doing. Tell him what you think is doing wrong and you will learn something from him and he will learn something from you.
“That is the best way to handle issues like this. But again, I have seen the response from different branches of NBA and I hope this matter will not be turned to ethnicity and religious matter. It should be a matter of principle,” Sanusi said.