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Kano: A state without elders
By Shazali Ibrahim Dan’Amarya
With over 1,000 years of monarchy in place, Kano is a metropolitan city with the most revered traditional institution in Nigeria. It has remained the symbol of authority, a custodian of tradition and a vestige of religious values. Whoever is crowned and in whatever age and time, is awesomely revered by all and sundry.
Kano is also the most populous state in the most populous nation in Africa with 15.4million (2022 projection) people engaged in farming, local trading, business ventures and the working class.
Of its population, Kano is blessed with people who have become prominent in different fields of human endeavor. It has also produced great leaders in persons of the two late heads of state, Generals Murtala Muhammad and Sani Abacha.
It is the commercial nerve centre of the North, and has as its sons many international businessmen that included the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, chairman Dangote Group, the grand child of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, Kano’s wealthiest man of his time, as well as Abdussamad Isyaka Rabi’u, chairman, BUA Group of Companies.
Kano is also home to an array of prominent Islamic scholars that included leader of the Qadiriyya sect in Africa, Sheikh Qariballah Sheikh Nasiru Kabara, Sheikh Tijjani Usman Zangon Bare bari, Sheikh Sani Kafinga, Sheikh Atiku Sanka, Sheikh Usman Maihula, Sheikh Dr. Sani Umar Rijiyar Lemo, Sheikh Dr. Bashir, Malam Ibrahim Khalil, among others.
Politically, Kano is a sanctuary of progressive politics in a desert of liberalism that was Nigeria’s northern region, the then Kano province, from which today’s Kano state was carved.
It was a bastion of leftist ideological leaning at the beginning of the country’s attempt at participatory democracy. Kano is also home to radical and progressives’ politics that produced the likes of Malam Aminu Kano and Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi respectively.
It is a powerful state when it comes to voting and deciding who will win the presidential election in Nigeria. The count of votes from Kano can change the election’s outcome.
However, events in the recent are indicating that it has been going back ward as far as politics is concerned.
As a citizen of Kano, who has been observing things as they unfold, particularly political development, I believe there is the need for critical look at the politics of enmity which has been retarding the wheel of progress in the state.
Since the advent of democratic rule in 1999, political enmity is driving the once united politics of Kano, with its political gladiators making it difficult for peace to reign.
While the traditional institution which drives its relevance from religious and cultural values has been non-partisan, for selfish interest, the monarchy has been dragged into the muddy waters of politics and now almost reduced to nothing. In the event things got worse, they have right to wade in.
The business class is being undermined by bitter politics of the day, that is, to either belong here or there. In the same vein, the Islamic scholars are being looked up with disdain. Once they talk, their messages are received with different interpretations, casting aspersion on their integrity.
Today, in Kano, we do not have an elder from the above mentioned class of people who can speak with one voice either for or against any issue that affect the generality of the people.
While this ugly trend is taking its toll on state’s development because of its impact on the society, a huge pall of suspense is hanging on the state’s political firmament, while political gladiators and their supporters in the process of outdoing each other, are raising the state’s political temperature. Therefore, if nothing is done to address this issue, Kano will continue to retard backwardly.
The level of enmity between the trio of former governors of Kano state, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, Ibrahim Shekarau and Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is seriously affecting the overall development of Kano state.
I want to suggest that an all encompassing stakeholders meeting should be convened to discuss the current development in the state, including the three political gladiators so that sanity is ensured in Kano politics
By bringing together leaders from all sectors of the society, all issues at stake should be discuss to solve the problems before they get out of hand.
Dan’Amarya wrote from Kano and can be reached at sidanamarya@gmail.com
The David Mark-led faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court judgement that removed its leadership.
The opposition party also disclosed that it had filed an application seeking a stay of execution of the judgement pending the hearing and determination of its appeal.
The party made this known in a statement on Friday, November 6, adding that it had formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the legal steps taken,
The appeal is against the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 5, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1619/2025, involving Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe and the ADC.
The party urged INEC to refrain from taking any further action on the matter until the Court of Appeal has considered the case.
It argued that the application for a stay of execution was yet to be decided and that the electoral commission should not take any step that could affect the outcome of the appeal.
According to the ADC, it expects INEC to respect the ongoing legal process and allow the appellate court to hear the matter before making any decision connected to the judgement.
The statement partly read, “The ADC is exercising its lawful right to appeal. The judgement is now being challenged before a higher court, and the legal process must be allowed to run its course.
“We expect INEC to uphold the law and take full account of the pending proceedings before making any consequential decisions.”
The party also urged its members and supporters to remain calm, insisting that the court judgement would not stop its political activities.
It said its campaigns would continue while it explored all available legal options to defend its position.
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by Senator David Mark, declaring the caretaker committee that oversaw the party’s affairs illegal and invalidating all decisions taken by the committee.
The judgment, delivered on Thursday by Justice Peter Lifu, also affects the presidential primary that produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the ADC’s flag bearer for the 2027 general elections.
Atiku, whose name had earlier been published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s presidential candidate, had already selected former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as his running mate.
The ruling followed a suit instituted by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former National Deputy Chairman (North-East) of the ADC, who challenged the process through which the David Mark-led leadership assumed control of the party.
Gombe argued that following the resignation of the party’s former National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, he was constitutionally entitled to take over the leadership.
He consequently asked the court to invalidate all actions undertaken by the Mark-led leadership and restrain Senator Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from presenting themselves as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively.
The plaintiff maintained that their emergence violated the ADC constitution and relevant provisions of the Electoral Act.
In suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, the ADC, INEC, Senator David Mark, Aregbesola and Chief Ralph Nwosu were listed as defendants.
Justice Lifu upheld Gombe’s claims and granted the reliefs sought, effectively invalidating the authority of the caretaker committee and decisions taken under its leadership.
The verdict is expected to trigger fresh political uncertainty within the ADC, particularly over Atiku’s presidential ambition and the party’s preparations for the January 16, 2027 presidential election.
However, the party has vowed to challenge the judgment at the appellate court.
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