A group, Advocates for a United Kano, has vowed to challenge the removal of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The group made the vow just as it called for calm among the people of the state over the sack of Sanusi.
In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja in its reaction to the action of the government, the group said it was shocked at what it described as an illegality.
The statement signed by Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, reads.
“We received with utter shock and disbelief, a statement read by the Secretary to Kano State Government, announcing the removal of Sanusi ll as Emir of Kano.
“This development is saddening, unfortunate and illegal. The ADVOCATES call on all Kanawa and residents of Kano State and beyond to stay calm, and not to resort to any violent reaction whatsoever.
“Violence is no solution to anything, for no one can predict where it may lead to.”
The group added: “We absolutely believe in whatever Allah ordains; we put our complete trust in Him, for He has power over all things.
“Be that as it may, the Advocates for a United Kano shall continue to challenge, by lawful and peaceful means, each and every brazen act of illegality perpetrated by the Government of Kano State.
“In particular, we have vowed to sustain our judicial challenge to the unlawful law passed by the Kano House of Assembly under which the governor purportedly removed the Emir.”
