The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has knocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Nasiru Gawuna, for accepting the Supreme Court verdict.
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) told Gawuna that accepting the Judgment as the Will of God when he (Gawuna) cannot do otherwise is not a sincere commitment to the will of God.
According to Sanusi, ” A faithful Muslim is expected to accept faith of whatever befall him or her at the first instance and not when there is no way out of his condition”.
Gawuna, who lost the legal battle to unseat Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, at the Supreme Court, after he had secured a concurrent victory at the tribuna and Appeal Court, subsequently declared the verdict as the will of God.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Gawuna said “This judgement is God’s decision, and we accept it. As we prayed, we asked that if it was good for us, He grant us from His bounty, and if not, He replace it with something better. We are confident that God has answered our prayers. He is All-Wise. We are grateful to Allah, the Almighty.
Reacting to Gawuna’s comment, Sanusi
said it was funny for the APC candidate to claim to have accepted Allah’s will “after doing all he could to snatch the victory of the poll from the right winners”.
In a four miniutes video released on social media, the 14th Emir who expressed happiness with the Supreme Court ruling, said he had earlier called on the Apex court to do what is Justice for the people of Kano.
In his words, “We thank Allah and we also congratulate the people of Kano and with the help of Allah, the people of Kano have gotten who they elected. We have always been saying that since we are practicing democracy and not dictatorship, it is the right of the people to elect their leaders and representatives.
“If they voted and someone tries to stop the person they elected from leading them, that is wickedness and injustice. And it is not only the person they voted for was cheated, it is the people that are cheated. So, for people to go into election and lose and then try to forcefully seize the government through crude force and corrupt judges and deception, that is not democracy.
Sanusi further said “They went to court to seize it by force, they even succeeded in the first court and the Court of Appeal. But at Supreme Court, Allah waited for them and stopped their wickedness. These people are not claiming to accept the will of Allah which they failed to accept from the beginning when they lost the election. That is too late.
“This should be a lesson to people. Allah can allow a wicked person to continue his wickedness, but at the end of the day, truth and justice always prevail”. Sanusi noted.
He challenged Governor Abba Yusuf to reciprocate the overwhelming love and support of the people of Kano with good governance. He reminded Governor Yusuf that the power to vote for and against is being decided by the people who should not be taken for granted.