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The Crimes of Sunusi


Putting it in the literary sense, the emir was dethroned because of the chain of crimes he committed against political leaders of his state, the federation and the majority of Northerners. These crimes began shortly after his installation as the emir of Kano.

The first crime he committed was coming out publicly to comment on issues of national importance, especially the government's loss of direction, lack of political will to revive the dying economy and the worsening poverty in the country. The crime of the emir was exercising his freedom of speech and expression in calling the government to its primary purpose of promoting the welfare of the people. His criticisms on the rash policies of the government and shrewd suggestions for ways forward was the unpardonable crime he committed while on the throne.

The crimes he committed against the North was digging up the problems bedeviling the region and giving the formula for getting out of the woods. His belief that people who cannot take care of two or more wives should then cut their coat according to their cloth and his stance that people should give birth to the number of children they can control offended the majority of northerners and so his unpardonable crime.

The dethroned emir's knowledge, philosophy, conscience, shrewdness and his outspokenness as a reformer made him unique among other emirs in the North. The fact that he chose a distinctive style of making and showing examples to other emirs that an emir should not lose his tongue in fear of being chased from the palace was a crime like no other. Muhammad Sunusi thought that his silence was more of a license to whatever was happening during his reign.

And the punishment for these crimes is the dethronement of the emir, driving him out of his state, caging him somewhere and his replacement by another emir who will supposedly commit non of these crimes. The government needs someone who will not talk even if there is dire need. The North needs someone who will pretend that everything is moving smoothly in the region.

The dethroned emir expected this and it happened. He is still alive with his conscience unchanged, his philosophy unshaken, his knowledge untouched, his shrewdness unequalled and his outspokenness always lively. One thing so unique about history is that: while we can cheat one another, we can never do same with history. History will tell the future what happened and the same history will tell whether the future smiled or frowned after reading what happened on 9th March.

Written By
Abdul Mutallib Muktar
abdulmutallib.muktar@gmail.com

Comments

  1. Unknown10 March 2020 at 04:13

    I remain loyal my learned colleague.

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  2. Tameem Garga15 November 2020 at 11:12

    It has become a cliche, not only among the common man, but even in the clique of literati, that the government frowned against the dethroned braggadocian because of his speaking the truth. What about other theories that could be the reason for his dethronedment? Even what you made to make others believe with one another about it, can not be substantially be backed by facts.
    Well, nice write-up

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