Why I approved Sanusi’s visit to Jonathan – Kwankwaso

Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state yesterday explained the reason why he approved the visit of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Last Wednesday, Sanusi was reported to have reconciled with the president during the visit that lasted for an hour. Kwankwaso, like the emir, had been at loggerheads with the president.
The fight between Sanusi and Jonathan reached a climax in June when the governor appointed the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as the emir against the preferred candidate of Jonathan.
The president, it was gathered, backed the candidature of the son of the late emir, Ciroman Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero.
Sunday Trust learnt that the emir, after returning from the Presidential Villa, met with the governor, a situation that raised suspicion that he was summoned over the visit to Jonathan.
But in an interview with newsmen yesterday, the governor denied summoning the emir, saying he granted the approval for the visit.
“The Emir told me that he was going to the Villa and I granted the approval as he is the emir of all,”he said.
He said when the emir returned from the visit, he came to Kano Government House where he briefed him about the visit.
“I will be very happy to see the Villa (Jonathan) inviting the people of Kano State for reconciliation. We will continue to encourage reconciliation,” he said.
Kwankwaso, who is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however described President Jonathan as a confused President.
He said the security challenges in the country were worsening as a result of its poor management by Jonathan.
“What we are lacking to tackle the insurgency is political will. There must be political will to provide all the necessary logistics to the military and other security agencies in the country for us to overcome the challenge,” he said.
On his presidential ambition, he said, “I collected my nomination form with Jonathan the same day. It is a sign that I’m going to slug it out with him come 2015”.
He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be fair and just during the 2015 elections, saying “we learnt that INEC wants to use computers to work for a political party in the elections. We will not take that.”