Things just got tighter for President Goodluck Jonathan: former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS), is a potential candidate to be the next emir of Kano after the death of Alhaji Ado Bayero.
Kano is considered strategic in the 2015 presidential election ─ in which Jonathan is expected to run ─ because of its voting population.
Even 25% of Kano’s 5.1 million registered voters ─ second only to Lagos’ 6.2 million ─ could make a significant contribution to the overall score of a presidential candidate.
With Lagos not currently considered a good hunting ground for Jonathan, Kano ─ already an uphill task for the president, despite former governor Ibrahim Shekarau’s defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ─ could become more hostile with Sanusi as emir.
The state governor, Malam Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is a sworn opponent of Jonathan and was one of the five governors who left the PDP ─ to which the president belongs ─ for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in November last year.
With the death of Bayero on Friday morning after 50 years on the throne, Sanusi is clearly a contender to replace him.
The other strong contender is Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero, the Ciroman Kano, who, as the first son of Bayero, is often addressed as the Crown Prince.
He was born on April 1, 1956 and is older than the former CBN governor by five years.
The late Bayero was believed to be sympathetic to Jonathan and not on good terms with Kwankwaso. His palace was attacked by a mob who accused him of “selling out” after Jonathan was declared the winner of the 2011 presidential election.
The power to appoint Bayero’s successor lies with Kwankwaso, based on the recommendation of the kingmakers
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Sanusi Lamido is not on any way near the throne as his father committed atrocities and was banished from Kano. He is not a serious contender. He wanted to use our commonwealth to buy people over to his side while he lasted at CBN
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