You Cannot Avoid Investigation, Speaker Tells Emir Sanusi

By Ogbolu George

Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, has said that the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi cannot avoid being investigated for financial misconduct.

The speaker was responding to statement by Hon. Aliyu Gini (APC, Dala) calling on the House of Representatives to intervene in the investigation of the Emir.

The Kano State government anti-corruption agency had announced the suspension of its investigation into the finances of the Emirate Council.

Emir’s investigation

According to Daily Trust, Rurum maintained that the House of Representatives has no right to intervene in the ongoing investigation of the Emir.

The speaker said the part of the constitution Hon. Gini relied on cannot be applicable to Kano state.

”The section says the NASS can intervene in the affairs of state assembly only if the assembly cannot sit or if there is crisis in the house but in our own case, there is nothing like that. Out of the 35 members, 34 voted in support of the investigation, while only one member failed to vote in support. So, the move is completely out of context,” he said.

Emir’s charges

Rurum disclosed that the state House of Assembly is determined to get to the bottom of the eight-count charge brought against Emir Sanusi.

”The 7-man ad-hoc committee saddled with responsibility of investigating the emir is within the ambit of law.

”We formulated the law that is governing the affairs of the Kano emirate council and with the provision of section 128 of the Constitution, we have the mandate to cross-check its activities whenever the need arise,” he said.