₦airaland Forum

The wealthiest Ibo Muslim I have heard about.

By Jaafar Jaafar -

While the hyperbolic lyrics of the legendary Sarkin Kotson Kano Abdulrahman’s magnum opus – Sir Sanusi Sarkin Yaki Zakin Daga Na Abashe – turned the late Sir Sanusi’s inborn hubris into believing that he was above his peers and superiors, his grandson chose to take inspiration from a tribe of cyber buskers cheering him to banishment.

Barely three years after his ascension to the Kano throne, the present emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has dumped a set of etiquettes laid down by Muhammad Al-Maghili during Emir Muhammadu Rumfa’s reign in the 1480’s to inspire awe and instil respect for leaders; demolished the century-old Soron Ingila built by Emir Abbas and used by colonialists shortly after Kano conquest in 1903 and; squandered at least N4billion bequeathed to him by Emir Ado Bayero in 2014.

Lord Lugard at work in his office in the Emir of Kano’s palace after the capture of Kano in 1903. Queen Elizabeth was also received in the same palace in 1956 by Emir Sir Muhammadu Sanusi. Credit: Royal Geographic Society
Let me make it clear to people who think I was paid to write against Emir Sanusi that my conscience is the mainspring of my actions. For the sake of making a point, on Wednesday last week a notable personality who marvelled at my last article on Emir Sanusi sent me a ‘gift’ of N200,000. I declined to accept the gift in order to clear my conscience that I have NEVER collected money from anybody to write against the emir.

Well, I really do not bother about the effete challenge of a clan of Internet meerkats, tying to challenge an armadillo of a journalist. What I am more concerned about is setting the records straight with fairness but without fear or favour.

There are certain traditions a traditional office holder is expected to adhere to. That is the reason it is called traditional institution. Traditional rulers are chief image-markers of their people, chief custodians of culture and traditions, ambassadors of their people, etc. But Emir Sanusi chose to drift from this tradition. I have never heard an Eze saying the Igbos are 419ers or drug-traffickers, nor heard an Oba denigrating the Yoruba people.

While I have my reservations about Ganduje’s light rail project, Emir Sanusi’s conclusion that tens of thousands of enterprising stall owners in Sabon Gari Market, industrious traders of Yankura, dutiful traders at ’Yan Lemo, resilient vendors of Kurmi, venturesome grain dealers of Dawanau, billionaire merchants of Singer and Kantin Kwari Markets are all there to attend “wedding and naming ceremony” is abusive. And I am being charitable.

Emir Sanusi’s Financial Recklessness

About six weeks after becoming emir, Sanusi began the butchery of the emirate council’s life-time savings in fixed deposits in First Bank, UBA, Zenith, FCMB, AfriBank, Access, etc.

On July 24, 2014, the sum of N400m fixed by his predecessor was first broken from First Bank to the transaction account of the emirate council at the same bank. Less than three weeks after, on August 13, 2014, another fixed deposit of N200m was recalled to the main account. The recall of the fixed deposits continued steadily until December 8, 2016 when about N4billion he inherited were drawn into the main/transaction account and mercilessly exterminated.

Following his visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan on July 24, 2014, and subsequent release of his travel documents by the SSS, the emir began criss-crossing the world. On August 1, 2014, Emir Sanusi approved the payment of N152,624,723 to a now sanctioned bureau de change operator, Dabo Gate Ideal. Twelve days after, on August 13, 2014, the same company was again paid N15,458,660. On December 10, 2014, Western Union Travels and Tours Limited, a travel agent to DELOITTE, was paid N6,993,203. Three weeks after, precisely on December 31, 2014, the same company was paid N5,566,235 from the emirate council account. Two weeks after, the company was again paid N9,071,000 from the emirate council account on January 14, 2015. This payment trend to Western Union Travel and Tours and Classic Air Service for chattered flights and foreign travels continues till date.

Contrary to reports that the emir’s expensive cars were gift from friends, documents available to me show that on August 27, 2014, Nigeria’s famous exotic car dealers, Triple K Investments, were paid N142,800,000 from the First Bank account of the emirate council for the supply of exotic cars. Still on August 27 and October 16, 2014, Emir Sanusi approved the payment of another N154,873,000 and N36,223,000 respectively to the same Triple K Investment for the supply of exotic cars. Again, the same company was paid N5,060,000 on December 17, 2014.

In my last article, I hinted that the emir spends a lot on Internet bills. Now to prove this assertion, here is the breakdown of his expenditure on calls and Internet. On June 29, 2015, Airtel was paid N2,639,185.19; on July 22, 2015 (N1,471,163.49); on August 31, 2015 (N4,954,883.61); on September 29, 2015 (N2,638,626.18); on November 9, 2015 (N1,012,077.36); on December 21, 2015 (N8,697,900.09); on March 11, 2016 (N3,640,356.14); on April 26, 2016 (N1,000,000); on August 22, 2016 (N3,000,000) on September 21 (N2,000,000); on December 19 (N5,000,000) and; on February 9, 2017 (N2,000,000).

I couldn’t believe when I once heard the emir once spent N7m on Internet in ONE month! Now imagine this: The total amount the emir spent on Airtel from June 29, 2015 to February 9, 2017 is N37,054,192.06. This amount alone could build a modest school or a cottage hospital with equipment as a way of matching his words with action.

While the salary bill of the emirate was in average of N7million (usually defrayed by the interests accrued from over N4billion fixed deposits Emir Ado Bayero made), the emirate received a steady grant from local government deductions of N127,898,110.07 every quarter – about N42m monthly.

While he buffeted the savings on his expensive lifestyle, to be fair to him, he increased the salary to N17,078,441.56 in September 2014. The salary bill further ballooned under Sanusi to about N23m after the emir put his distant cousins, uncles and other relatives on salary.

When recession bit harder, grants decreased and balance in the account fell to as low as N800,000 at a point, the emir now slashed the salary to the status quo ante, but he never stopped lavish spending on foreign and local travels, Airtel data/calls, questionable NEFT transfer of about N12m monthly, cars, sartorially hyped up outlook, etc.

In monthly grants, the emirate council received between July 30, 2014 and March 1, 2017, the sum of N1,672,953,660. While the total debit from June 8, 2014 to April 11, 2017 is about N6 billion, the current balance in the account as at April 11, 2017 is N23,487,406.12.

For someone who is preaching the gospel of economic management, financial prudence, I wonder why he woefully failed set example in his tiny fief.

Let me, as obedient subject, once again remind my emir, a monarch who does not mind deposition on the alter speaking the “truth”, that when certain Sanusi Lamido Sanusi escaped firing squad by whiskers and jailed for about two and half years under Abacha’s Decree 2 in Sokoto Prisons for “inciting violence”, his rights to both movements and free speech were trampled.

I hope somebody will take some lessons.

I'm extremely sad

Brain-dead fundamentalists like you have hijacked Islam.

LuciferAkbar:
They are against western education but they want their evil certificates to accepted in a western educational institution.



*spits

A lunkhead and bigot surely knows how to distort facts to suit his bigotry. Animal in human clothing.

The Rector of Marcaz Arabic and Islamic Training Centre,Sheik Habibulah Adam Al Ilory,has announced that the diploma certificate issued annually by the institution is now accepted for admission into any federal university in Nigeria. This will enable the students to pursue a bachelor's degree in Law,Sociology,Islamic studies and Humanities in any university of their choices.

Marcaz was founded in Abeokuta in 1956 by the world renowned Islamic scholar Sheik Adam Abdullah Al Ilory. Shortly after its founding,it was relocated to Agege Lagos.

Rashduct4luv:
I am not a Boko Haram member, neither a Takfeery/ISIS, Al Shabab but just a follower of Sunnah! May Allah elevate the people of sunnah and switch off the light of Bid'a and Kufr! Bro which one are you? Ahl-Sunnah or Ahl-Bid'a?

Pick Alh-Sunnah! We don't have any bomb to throw except the Sunnah

Can you tell me how i fit in to that in red? in Bold?

I am a Lagosian from Ogun State!

I'm a Muslim . I reject indoctrination into any group . I'm not genuinely interested in joining any of your Ahlu Sunnah groups as long as I can practice the Sunnah of the prophet without being indoctrinated to profile other Muslims.

Rashduct4luv:
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Ahl-Sunnah wal Jama'ah should run from this kind of lectures! This is the man that attacks Bukhari, Albani, Ibn Baz and also twisted the meaning of Hijab and some Hadith! Whoever loves Islam should run from his fitan!

Most of you professing Sunnah are disgusting,ill-mannered and myopic . You have caused more harm than good to Islam everywhere. The hatred you have accumulated over the years, the fitna you have spread and the damage you have caused Islam will consume you sooner than later. Boko Haram ,Al Shabab , ISIS and other Taqfirs are the your legacies and the world always will remember the atrocities they have committed in the name of Islam.

playboy19:
Nigeria is in trouble. A business thread was posted around 6 am with over 5000 views, yet no single sensible business minded reply. Yet, the past 2 weeks has been noise about tonto dike and one small girl that married a rich man, it was surprising that everyone here had a voice then.

This is the bane of the country here. The youth know nothing about the important stuffs, yet they are always loud when its time to talk about things that matter less.

THIS IS EXACTLY ON MY MIND. Most nairalanders are not technically informed where the business world is concerned. Divestiture or Divestment are taught under finance and asset management.

otipoju:
The key to dealing with white folks is never to defer to them from the very beginning.

I lived in the same house with them for 6 months...my land lady had to tell me one day that " you do carry yourself with some pride " i tell am straight..." You dont know what you are missing by not being from Africa and youll never know."

What's she missing? Ego ,false pride,and avarice?

Most of the comments here prove beyond reasonable doubt that the average Nigerian is mischievous,unfortunate and senseless. This generation is cursed !

Lukgaf:
Listeners discretion!!! Beware of annual virus...

Crack- head, no one has asked for your gibberish?

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NAME OF THE SCHOLAR: SHEIK HABIBILAH ADAM ABDULLAH AL ILORY(MUDIRUL MARCAZ)
VENUE: MARCAZ AGEGE MOSQUE,AGEGE LAGOS.
TIME : 12 NOON - SALATUL ASR( THROUGHOUT RAMADAN).

Octopusssy:
Take your unwanted opinions and shove them up your anus.
Good night and fvck off.

e pain am .

WOW IT MADE MY DAY! NICE SOUND TRACK!
GO GIRL!

Soon they would go to the mosque and open fire on innocent Muslims. #CHRISTIAN TERRORISM is a scourge. We will never forget Christchurch Massacre!

A thoroughly bred leader like MASARI is a gift from God to an educationally backward region like the North.

Selfie with GOVERNOR MASARI @ the new Govt HOUSE Katsina

I can't stop laughing ABOUT it. Pure nonsense

Photos from the Congratulatory visit of the NBA , Katsina Branch,to the office of the Governor.

I'm pretty sure that the movie,once released for public consumption,will hit more than a million views . It will rake in millions of naira and increase , unwittingly,the fame of this Iconoclast. Neither of these is possible without the bad publicity synonymous with his name.

Oooops:
Pathetic, Osibanjo is a disgrace to the Christian race.
Buhari is a disgrace to Islam.
How can this humans not even feel and empathize with the plight of the people.
How can a pastor let this things go on
I am fed up

Christian race Smh

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BrokenCock:
mumu dog

SCared life out of the pig! Still had to use first person pronouns. Idiot

BrokenCock:
get thee behind me you rotten Faggort-arse licking thing.

Someone who identifies as 'BrokenCock' is apparently a scum,a lunkhead, and a fool of the first magnitude. Your feet, wherever they direct you,shall find no safe lodgement. You will move from misery to misery and from agony to agony.

I leave you with this curse so that it would be clear to you that THOSE WHO CHOSE LOVE OVER HATE ARE NOT NECESSARILY gays .

BrokenCock:
i tire oh!!! Na only gay boys for e clique get e time sha. I remember when he visited COZA in Abuja, d bastardt was seeking attention with an outdated limousine, nobody recognized his presence

And who recognises you ?

I wish you more wins .

Old post!

MiaB:
Blockhead If cluelessness were crude oil, your scalp would be crawling with caribou. I have seen skeet with more sense than you have.
"wanna"
represents the casual pronunciation of "want to"
And combining two literal words like "shallow and "dunderhead" is basic grammar in English language. You should ask your school for a refund (if you attended one)
Next time try to edit your responses of unnecessary material before attempting to impress us with your insight. The evidence that you are a nincompoop will still be available to readers, but they will be able to access it ever so much more rapidly.

It takes linguistic diligence to diagnose you as being scatterbrained. Syntax and lexis are off the radar . Flaunting words out of context and using swear words further deepen your shallowness. You sounded very stupid when you used the word 'skeet' . Do you know what it means?

Literal words? What an audacity to be stupid and ludicrous at the same time!

Caribou,the name of an animal. Lol See you are mad! TRUTH be told!

MiaB:
Blockhead If cluelessness were crude oil, your scalp would be crawling with caribou. I have seen skeet with more sense than you have.
"wanna"
represents the casual pronunciation of "want to"
And combining two literal words like "shallow and "dunderhead" is basic grammar in English language. You should ask your school for a refund (if you attended one)
Next time try to edit your responses of unnecessary material before attempting to impress us with your insight. The evidence that you are a nincompoop will still be available to readers, but they will be able to access it ever so much more rapidly.

It takes linguistic diligence to diagnose you as scatterbrained.

Judging by how you succeeded in stringing unrelated words together , you have woefully failed to convey any message.

1. Crude oil has no nexus with cluelessness.
2. "Scalp crawling ". Omg what does this mean?
How can the scalp crawl? Are you retarded?
3. "Skeet" is a sporting event . It makes no sense in the context in which you have used it.
4 . "Shallow dunderhead" is yet another blunder to laugh about.

My two cents : Get a life and a good textbook !

MiaB:
Dummy point out one error in that sentence. If you wanna be a shallow dunderhead at least learn proper grammar first, cretin

I know how it feels to go wild when something like my hard truth hits your hard head. It's only a crack . I have no intention to smash it open.

Do you still think 'wanna ' is correct English? Oh no! Not again!

"Shallow dunderhead "? You have been misled by whoever taught you English . Using shallow and dunderhead in the same sentence is a proof of your shallowness ,a testament to one of the uncountable assaults on English.

MiaB:
You can't see it cause you're also mediocre dweeb

Slowpoke! You can't even compose a correct sentence. Flaunting north American slang to appear as educated is the most laughable of all ludicrousness.