El-Rufai backs Sanusi to continue campaign against timid ignorance

Kaduna Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, would continue his “campaign against unworthy timid ignorance”.

Sanusi was abruptly removed from office on Monday by Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for “disrespect” and “insubordination”.

A press statement was released by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, on Friday.

The statement noted that El-Rufai visited Sanusi in Awe, Nasarawa State, as a mark of solidarity.

The statement read, “His Highness seems to have taken all that happened in his stride but has reiterated his commitment to enforcing his fundamental human rights.

“Sanusi II, the 14th Fulani Emir of Kano, manifested a renewed vigour to continue serving humanity in his life long efforts to expand the frontiers of knowledge and to campaign against unworthy timid ignorance that has shackled Nigeria as a perpetual potentially great nation.”

According to the statement, the governor, who drove from Abuja to Awe town, “met Sanusi in high spirits, demonstrating his usual calm, poise, and regal-bearing” despite his removal four days ago.

Sanusi, 58, was banished under tight security to a small town in another state, in a tactic similar to that used by British imperial officials to punish rebellious leaders during the colonial period.

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