ABUKA: A group known as
the Concerned Citizens of Kano, CCK,has called on the Federal Government
to set up a panel of inquiry into various occurrences surrounding the
death of immediate past Emir of Kano, Dr. Ado Bayero.
The group also
demanded for probe into the violent protest that followed the
appointment of the successor to the throne Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
Chairman of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar in a statement in Abuja
yesterday said, “the Concerned Citizens of Kano in its recent meeting
has called on the Federal Government to set up a panel that would probe
into the circumstances surrounding the death of the erstwhile Emir of
Kano, Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero.”
He also noted that the probe is
informed by the previous attack on the emir early in January, 2013 where
he was almost killed ,adding that, “several incidences had happened to
put him off by some unscrupulous elements to pave way for a new
dynasty.”
The group said Bayero’s 51 old reign came to an end with
controversies after his death especially as it allegedly gathered that
the state government did not use the successor list sent to him by the
Kano Emirate Council Kingmakers.
“This was the entrant of the
controversy that trailed the appointment of the new Emir which we know
was not a name among the ones sent to the state Governor. Immediately
the new Emir was announced, a major protest and riots erupted in Kano
City as people condemned the way the appointment came up,” the statement
read in part.
It therefore tasked the government on a critical
assessment of the situation resulting to the Emir’s death and the
subsequent appointment as a step to preserving the traditional dynasty
of the Emirate Council, and returning peace to the people.
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