The last may not have been heard of the controversy between the Kano State House of Assembly and Emir Lamido Sanusi.
The Assembly has this begun a fresh probe of the Emir.
The Kano State lawmakers said, on Wednesday, that they have received two fresh petitions against the emir.
During the Assembly’s plenary, chairman of the Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Zubairu Hamza-Masu, said he received a petition from one Muhammad Mukhtar of Ja’en Yamma quarters in Gwale Local Government Area against the emir.
The lawmaker also said he received a second petition from the Kano State Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture, headed by one Muhammad Bello-Abdullahi.
He said the Petitioners accused the emir of unethical conducts that contradicted the culture and tradition of Kano people.
Hamza-Masu told his colleagues that the petitioners backed their claim with a copy of a video CD.
According to the legislator, the Petitioners requested the Assembly to thoroughly investigate the matter and take appropriate action against the monarch.
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Speaker of the House, Abdulaziz Gafasa, referred the petitions to the Assembly’s standing Committee on Public Petition, and directed the committee to report back to the plenary in seven days.
Emir Sanusi has had repeated problems with the Kano State Government over his public stance on several issues including governance and culture.
The emir has condemned corruption and misgovernance among Northern elite, advocated family planning and spoken against polygamy by people who cannot afford to do so.
Many of his views were believed to anger many residents of a largely conservative Northern Nigeria.
