NNPP chieftain alleges plot to declare state of emergency in Kano

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has raised alarm over what he described as a calculated plot to destabilise Kano State and create grounds for the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency.

Galadima made the revelation while speaking on Jigsaw, a political programme aired on AIT on Tuesday. He alleged that the plan was being hatched without the knowledge of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“On the Kano situation, unknown to him—and I can beat my chest that he didn’t know—Tinubu didn’t know what happened, what was arranged,” Galadima stated.
“There was a grand design to set up the Kano State government, including the Emir, such that they could declare a state of emergency.”

He further claimed that a high-level meeting was held at a senior government official’s residence in Abuja to strategise the plot.

“There was a meeting in a senior official of government’s house in this Abuja, and the man that was supposed to be appointed Emir was sent to Umrah, and as I speak to you now, he is in Saudi Arabia,” he said.

Galadima alleged that the plot involved detaining the current Emir of Kano in Abuja, which would prompt military intervention and ultimately render the throne vacant.

“Their thinking is that once the Emir is invited today, he will be detained in Abuja. Once he’s detained, the military will be put on alert and the throne will be declared vacant,” he added.

When pressed by the programme’s anchor to disclose the identity of the individual allegedly being prepared for the Emirship, Galadima declined.

“No, I don’t want to mention names. Go and find out who is in Saudi Arabia out of the princes in Kano. Everybody in Nigeria knows what is happening,” he said.

His claims come on the heels of a recent development involving the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. On Monday, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, withdrew an earlier invitation extended to the Emir to report to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The invitation had been linked to investigations surrounding alleged killings during the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations.