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Wudil indigenes reject new emirate, say old Kano Emirate is where they belong

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Indigenes of Wudil, Kano State, which falls under the newly created Gaya Emirate, have called on the state government to return them back to the old Kano Emirate.

Spokesman of the indigenes, Yawale Muhammad-Idris, made the call after a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday in Wudil, headquarters of Wudil Local Government Area (LGA).

They appealed to the State House of Assembly to revisit the recent creation of Gaya Emirate Council under which they have been grouped.

Kano state government recently passed the Emirs Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019, into law.

Subsequently, four new Emirates were established in Gaya, Rano, Karaye, and Bichi districts of the state.

Emirs have also being appointed, all within a week.

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However, the Wudil indigenes on Sunday held that the old Kano Emirate is where they rightly belong.

According to their spokesman, the current arrangement is not backed by historical antecedents and is of no benefit to the affected communities.

“We cannot afford to exist under Gaya Emirate,” he said.

According to Muhammad-Idris, during the Jihad of Shehu Usman Danfodio, Wudil was one of the five royal hubs that were presented with flags.

He said that the people of Wudil are not happy with the new arrangement.

“If Wudil LGA will not have a first class emir, we prefer to remain under Kano Emirate.

‘’So for God sake why should government demean us by grouping us under Gaya instead of merging us with the Kano Emirate with which we have the same historical relation.

“We reject this arrangement,” he said.

Baba Sani-Wudil, the secretary of the group also said government did not consult with the people of the area before grouping them under Gaya Emirate, describing the arrangement as inappropriate.

“You can find out, neither our representative at the House of Assembly nor any elder or member of National Assembly was consulted on the issue,” he said.

He said the group would present its grievances to the state government and the State House of Assembly.

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