FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and the newly coronated Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has withdrawn his law suit against the federal government in which he was challenging President Goodluck Jonathan's decision to suspend him. On February 14 this year, Emir Sanusi was suspended from his job by the government on February 14 by President Jonathan after a report into CBN operations indicted him for reckless spending. Since then, he has been involved in legal battles with the government, leading to opposition in Abuja to him being named the new emir.
Mallam Sanusi, was announced as the 14th emir of Kano on June, however, to take over from his uncle take over from the late Alhaji Ado Bayero who died in a London hospital a week earlier. Alhaji Rabiu Zakariya, the secretary to the Kano State government, flanked by the four Kano kingmakers that included the Sarkin Bai, Sarki Dawaki Mai’Tuta, the Madakin Kano and Makaman Kano, made the announcement, pronounced him new emir and Mallam Sanusi has since assumed office. Yesterday, Emir Sanusi announced that he has dropped the suit against the federal government challenging his suspension from office. It is believed that he and President Jonathan had reconciliatory telephone conversation during which both men agreed to bury the hatchet and work together. In a Notice of Discontinuance dated July 1, 2014, Emir Sanusi's lawyers informed the Federal High Court in Abuja of his intention to discontinue the matter. It is believed that the new emir also apologised to President Jonathan, personally and through intermediaries, to forgive him for his public defiance. Over recent months, the spat between the two men got so bad that police sealed off the emir's palace in Kano, preventing the former CBN governor from gaining access to it after he was named monarch. Even though the police denied that the president ordered the blockade, it is widely believed that the siege was authorised by the president.
