HRH Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi spoke yesterday like the wise, inclusive leader we have known him to be: Sanusi: My Selection Will of God, Our EmirFamily United via Daily Trust - June 10, 2014 Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday said his selection as the Emir of Kano was the will of Allah, saying the Kano royal family is one united family. Speaking shortly after he was presented with letter of appointment as the 14th Emir of Kano by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Sanusi said protests against his selection were not from the children of the late emir or other princes. “We thank Allah (SWT) who spared our lives to witness this day in his infinite mercy and make it possible for us to be selected with this trust that we inherited from our forefathers,” he said. “We have nothing to say beyond what the first Caliph Umar bin Alkhattab (RA) said when he was selected as the Caliph of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). He said, ‘You selected me as your leader even though I’m neither the most pious man among you nor the most noble but it’s as decreed by Almighty Allah. Obey us in whatever we did in accordance to the teachings of Qur’an and Sunnah of our noble prophet peace be upon him. If we disobey Allah and His prophet, there is no obedience in that regard.’” The new Emir also said: “We thank all those that make this appointment possible even as we believe that all blessings and mercies are from Allah. But as the Prophet said, whosoever is not thankful to people is not thankful to Allah. Therefore we are expressing our gratitude to those that make it possible for our appointment.” He also said there were no divisions in the ruling family of the Kano Emirate. “Whenever we hear some insinuations in some quarters about the Kano Emirate we are always taken by surprise because we are all united as one family. It is from outside that people are making insinuations about the royal house but for us we are one family,” he said. “I grew up under the care of late Ado Bayero. I am more close to the late emir than my father who was outside the country. The late emir trained me; my first wife with whom I spent over 25 years with, is his daughter. “We shared the same bed with his son, Turakin Kano Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero for over 10 years. Therefore we are calling on those people from outside the palace to stop interfering on the things that they didn’t understand.” He added: “The Kano Emir Palace is one united family. Therefore I’m assuring the governor that all these riots and protests are not from our house, none of our relatives is behind these things and none of our relatives will sponsor such thing or be happy because of it. Because the way we grew up we all knew that all princes nurture the ambition of becoming emir one day but its Allah who chooses who will be the emir. “The day an emir is selected all the princes are paying their allegiance to him. This is our tradition as nobody from the royal family is behind these riots.” dailytrust.ng/news/26257-sanusi-my-selection-is-will-of-allah-our-family-united
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:09:06 +0000
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