Tinubu meets former Emir of Kano Khalifa Sanusi

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held a private meeting with the former Emir of Kano and the spiritual leader of the Tijanian Islamic sect Khalifa Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

The close-door meeting was held on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Aso Rock Presidential villa .

The purpose of the meeting was yet unknown at the time of filing this report but there are indications that the meeting could be connected to the state of the nation and the recent development at Nigeria’s apex regulatory bank – the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Barely less than a month President Tinubu came to power, the CBN governor was not not only out of job but in the custody of the State Security Service undergoing serious interrogations over his stewardship.

Khalifa Sanusi was the CBN Governor in 2014, preceding Emefiele , who took over after his controversial ouster as a result of series of unresolved issues bothering on oil revenue with the government of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Khalifa Sanusi, who was the 14th Emir of Kano, brought with him drastic reforms in Nigerian monetary system that saw the stabilization of the country’s currency and consolidation of the Banking sector