Kano Emirate: Tijjaniyya world leader denies asking Emir Sanusi to step down 

The Global Leader of Tijjaniyya Islamic Group, Sheikh Muhammad Mahi Niasse, has denied a purported letter circulating in which he appealed to the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II to step down and follow in his grandfather’s footsteps.

In a counter letter written in Arabic and translated into Hausa language and signed by the Kano State Commissioner of Religious Matters who doubles as the Nigeria spokesperson for the Global Tijjaniyya Leader, Sani Auwalu Ahmad Tijjani, said the purported letter asking Emir Sanusi to resign was a forged letter and did not emanate from the leader, adding, “In fact the purported letter has touched on the integrity of our leader who sees Muhammadu Sanusi II as his disciple in Nigeria, and a person with sound religious character”.

He said, “We have given those behind the purported letter to within 24 hours show themselves and explain from where it emanated and to whom it was sent otherwise we will not hesitate in taking legal actions against them”.

He said security agencies had already been detailed on the matter and anybody who is behind it will soon face the full wrath of the laws, “because we ask him to be arrested and prosecuted duly”.

The spokesperson of the global Tijjaniyya Leader, said they will not allow the continued destruction of the names of the religious leader and always linking him to things that he had never written.

He added, “This is the second time this kind of letter has been forged against our Global Tijjaniyya Leader, the same thing was done during the previous administration of Abdullahi Ganduje, but this time around anybody who is behind it will have himself to blame”.