Politics
Sanusi Issues Stark Warning to Nigeria’s Political Elite
Emir Muhammadu Sanusi issues a stark warning to Nigeria’s political elite, accusing leaders of sabotaging national progress
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, said on Wednesday that Nigeria’s political class is deliberately sabotaging the nation’s progress, accusing the elite of treating public office as a private inheritance rather than a national trust.
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Sanusi issued the criticism in Lagos during the 15th anniversary of Enough is Enough Nigeria, where he delivered a sharp message on leadership failure and public accountability.
Sanusi Issues Stark Warning as he charged citizens to confront the country’s structural decline.
Sanusi said Nigeria has repeatedly missed crucial chances for development because political leaders prioritise personal and family interests over national wellbeing.
He argued that the refusal to embrace reform was not accidental but often a deliberate act designed to preserve privilege within a narrow circle of power holders.
The Emir said the result was a “manufactured” system defined by ethnic rivalries, religious tension and competition for personal gain. He urged young Nigerians to reject this inherited dysfunction and build a nation that fulfils its long-neglected potential.
He said citizens must recognise that the country belongs to them, not politicians, and that each individual bears responsibility for protecting one part of the national fabric.
Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said Nigeria cannot progress unless its youth unite across class, culture and region to articulate a coherent national vision.
He stressed that the country must be rebuilt on values of service, accountability and unity rather than self-interest and division.
He insisted that the path to a stronger nation lies in citizens collectively demanding integrity and purpose from leaders and from themselves.
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Sanusi said Nigeria must become a country that competes confidently on the global stage rather than one trapped in cycles of internal rivalry.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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