Information reaching 247ureports.com indicates that the former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarua has resigned his position at the Emirate council. The resignation came in a letter addressed to the Emirate Council dated Tuesday November 21, 2012.
According to the contents of the letter, the former governor resigned for personal reasons. This was made public by the Senior Councilor of the Kano Emirate Alhaji Abbas Sanusi [Wamba Kano].
The Emirate Council and the Government of Kano State – under Governor Kwankwaso had been at odds – publicly.
It is uncertain what the finer details to Shekarau’s maybe but sources point to the possibly presidential aspirations of the former governor as the chief reason for his resignation.
But in talking with the aides to the former governor it was gathered that the letter written to the Emir of Kano was misinterpreted by members of the Emirate council withoout the knowledge of the Emir. The letter had been written to the Emir seeking a leave of absence to allow him [former governor] to attend to some of the party related issues that may take him away from Kano on a regular basis.
Malam Shekarau, it was gathered, has been appointed to lead the delegation of the All Nigerian Peoples Party [ANPP] for the ongoing merger talks with the Congress for Progressive Change [CPC] and the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN]. Our source indicates that the former governor has not decided on whether he will join the presidential race – “he is just working on the merger now” said the source.
It was further gathered that bad-politics within the Emirate council may have cause Alhaji Abba Sanusi to convene a hastly put together press confrence to address the press on the purported resignation of the former governor. “The Emir was not aware of the press conference“.
The convener of the press conference – having displayed the said letter to the Press Men – refused to distribute the letter oe have the press men view the letter. The letter was written in Hausa language.
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