Four years after he was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated to the throne by the state Governor Abba Yusuf.

Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was deposed by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in March 2020, shortly after he assumed office as the Governor of the state.

His reinstatement followed the Kano State House of Assembly’s resolution to dethrone the current Emir and also dismantle the four new Emirates in the State created under a 2019 law during Ganduje administration.

Governor Yusuf announced Sanusi’s reinstatement on Thursday at the Art Chamber of the Kano State Government House after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.

The Governor had assented to the bill earlier passed on Thursday by the Kano State House of Assembly, reversing the creation of new emirates by the then Ganduje administration.

By this development, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, who was installed after Sanusi’s was deposed, has been removed.