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Some evicted Kano emirate officials have explained why they have refused to switch their loyalty to the reinstated emir, Lamido Sanusi.

Usman Dako, the ‘Galadiman Sallama’, is among the officials ordered to move out of their quarters in the palace on Monday, allegedly over their continued loyalty to the deposed emir, Aminu Ado Bayero.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the directive affected families who have lived in the palace for decades.

In a video circulated on Tuesday, Mr Dako said he was told by an official that Mr Sanusi had ordered the eviction of officials who were still reporting to Mr Ado Bayero at the mini palace in the Nasarawa GRA.

Mr Ado Bayero has occupied the facility since his sacking by the state government last year.

Mr Dako said his house inside the main palace was destroyed by thugs, who also allegedly harassed his wife and children.

“My grandfather died in 1949 and my father died in 1995. My father was born in this palace, I was also born in the palace, so don’t I deserve all the privileges and rights in the palace?

“The people harassing us were not born in the palace. We know where they were and what they were doing before Emir Sanusi brought them close to him”, the official said.

“Several servants had shown disloyalty to past emirs, including late Ado Bayero, but none of them ordered their eviction from the palace. They never bothered about them. The emir would know this history of disloyalty in the palace, it’s not something new.

“The house they destroyed was allocated to my late father by the late Ado Bayero. This inhumane treatment was done by someone who claims to be a cleric. He is using the pulpit to preach but does not do not know what is rightful.

“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

“Nobody can stop me from being loyal to Aminu Ado Bayero. His late father treated us well, wherever he goes, whether as emir or commoner, we will follow him because God had destined us to serve him and love him”, Mr Dako said.

Another victim of the eviction, Danhabu Majidadi, also spoke in a video decrying the eviction.

The emirship crisis erupted in May 2024 after Governor Abba Yusuf dethroned Mr Ado Bayero and four other first-class emirs in the state and reinstated Mr Sanusi as the sole first-class Emir in Kano.

Mr Ado Bayero is challenging his removal from the mini palace where he resides, while Mr Sanusi is at the main Kano palace where the officials were evicted on Monday.

The affected officials are the Galadiman Sallama, Sani Kwano, Dan-Habu Maji-Dadi, Sule Makama, Sarkin-Yakin Dan-Rimi, and Sarkin Lema.

Others are Sarkin Tafarki, Baba Ta’aji, Oji Driver, Odiye Driver, and Bale na Sarkin Bichi.

The emirate crisis has put several officials, including district heads, council members and other senior traditional title holders, in a dilemma over who between the two to pledge their loyalty to.

obaidan:
“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

--> Can you imagine. So by their useless standard, non Muslims can be treated differently because they are not Muslims.

obaidan:
“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

--> Can you imagine. So by their useless standard, non Muslims can be treated differently because they are not Muslims.

obaidan:
“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

--> Can you imagine. So by their useless standard, non Muslims can be treated differently because they are not Muslims.

obaidan:
“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

--> Can you imagine. So by their useless standard, non Muslims can be treated differently because they are not Muslims.

Burob:
please read & comprehend, u cannot even do this to non Muslims.

selleniza:
Na Sanusi do himself. When he was messing up as a youth, he didn't realize that his actions will come back to hunt him.

zero8zero:
A statement written in simple sentences is so difficult for you to understand, which school did you attend?.

obaidan:
Did you do verbal reasoning growing up. You cannot do this to even non-Muslims…” is a statement that unintentionally reveals a deeply problematic mindset, one that implies a hierarchy of worth based on religion. By that logic, non-Muslims are seen as less deserving of humane treatment. Inhumane eviction can be condemned(rightly so) without adopting a discriminatory framework.

Now to answer you directly, "I read it well. The fact that you think 'even non-Muslims' is a defense says a lot about your mindset.
Disrespect is disrespect—no matter who it's done to. Don’t dress bigotry as empathy."

LegendHero:
Are some people treating Muslims better in their region?

Aside the SW and SS, the other regions practice religious animosity.

Burob:
na only u know wetin dey worry u, please practice what u preach.

Breaker001:
Sometimes, these people need a psychiatric evaluation. You are living in a man's domain, eating his food and enjoying privileges he is according you; yet your loyalty lies with his arch rival who is seeking every opportunity to unseat him. Are these people really okay

Putindbutt:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/806144-kano-emirship-crisis-why-we-cant-be-loyal-to-sanusi-officials.html?tztc=1

JASONjnr:
That's loyalty.....

It doesn't matter who's favour you get but whom you pledge your loyalry to.

Putindbutt:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/806144-kano-emirship-crisis-why-we-cant-be-loyal-to-sanusi-officials.html?tztc=1

Burob:
please read & comprehend, u cannot even do this to non Muslims.

obaidan:
"The school that taught me to spot prejudice wrapped in simplicity. You should try it, it might help you think beyond surface-level sentences."
Your problem is not clarity, your real problem is that you see value in people based on religion. That mindset is the real ignorance, not my education.

Akpan107:
Sir, I live in the North, you need how they are happy when a Christian die,

They will even tell you to your face how happy they.

Not because the dead person was wicked to them, but because they're Christians.

“You cannot do this to even non-Muslims. We are Muslims. Even our grandparents were Muslims when they were captured as slaves to serve in the palace, so we don’t deserve this treatment.

Burob:
please read & comprehend, u cannot even do this to non Muslims.