Browsing: Abba Yusuf

Recall that Governor Yusuf had assented to the new law and reinstated the 14th Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of one united Kano at the same time. The Liman, however, declared that: “Law is still the law, but actions carried out in the execution of the law are set aside.”

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday, “Tinubu recognizes the steadfastness implicit in the political trajectory of Governor Yusuf, rising through the political rung from personal assistant, commissioner to governor.

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t write on the subject matter, because it is legal, and comes with a lot of technicalities. But such technicalities are regular visitors in the career of my calling-journalism. Blunder, error and lapse are old hat in the newsroom, as such, nothing to get excited about, because they are words provided by the dictionary to stand for mistake. And sometimes, they come under the auspices of honest mistakes.