Following his deposition, sources close to the former Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi said he had decided to take up the three appointments he received from both el-Rufai and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
Less than 48 hours after his dethronement, el-Rufai had appointed Sanusi as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University.
A statement by el-Rufai’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, said the dethroned Emir succeeded the pioneer Chancellor of KASU, His Highness, Mallam Tagwai Sambo, the Chief of Moro’a in southern Kaduna.
Earlier, the Kaduna State Governor had named Sanusi as the Vice-Chairman of the Kaduna State Investment and Promotion Agency. Thus, Sanusi got two appointments from the Kaduna State Governor.
El-Rufai said the Kaduna State Government was grateful that Sanusi would support the realisation of the governance objectives of the state government.
Similarly, the Ekiti State Government said it would retain the appointment of the deposed Kano Emir as the Chancellor of the Ekiti State University.
The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun, in a letter dated March 12, 2020 and addressed to the former emir said the university would continue to recognise Sanusi as the chancellor despite his dethronement.
The state governor, Fayemi, had appointed the deposed emir as the Chancellor of EKSU in 2019.
A source said Sanusi, who arrived in Lagos on Friday night and checked in to a popular hotel on the Island, would take up the three appointments.
It was learnt that the deposed emir would move to his residence, which is also located on the Island, at a later date.
The former CBN governor, according to investigations, had been advised to also keep a low profile.
The source said, “Emir Sanusi is relaxing at a hotel on Lagos Island. He has yet to move into his house. He is going to take up the three appointments. Both el-Rufai and Fayemi are his friends. That is why he will never turn down the appointments.
“Thank God, none of the appointments is full-time. He will also not abandon his friends who have stood by him during his travail.”
It was also gathered that none of the family members of the deposed emir complained about the action of the Kano State Government.
“I think what worried them was the banishment of their father. Now that he is a free man, they are not worried anymore. What they wanted was freedom for him and they already have it.
“They are happy seeing their father, husband, uncle, cousin and breadwinner at home,’’ the source said.
