Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, a former emir of Kano, advised Nigerians not to let a president or state governors intimidate them.
The leader of the Tijaniyya sect, Sanusi, claimed that because Nigerians choose to disregard politics, they are not inferior human beings.
The former Central Bank Governor claimed in a statement that if Nigerians don’t free themselves from the control of the political elite, they won’t have a nation to call their own.
According to Sanusi:
“We cannot be intimidated by somebody because you are a president or you are a governor and we cannot tell you that you are wrong.
“We have chosen different parts. If I had gone into politics, at least given the people that have access to be president in Nigeria, I could have become president or I could be governor.
“That I choose not to go into politics does not mean I’m a subordinate human being. This is what we all have to learn as Nigerians. We take too much rubbish, and we are all too afraid in our comfort zones.
“By the time these guys might have finished with us, our children will not have anywhere to call a nation. The only way to retrieve our nation and give our children the future they deserve is, if you are not in politics, you must hold those in politics to account.
“It is not a comfortable situation to be in. When people are incompetent and they don’t like you, you wear their dislike as a badge of honour. You can’t be comfortable and feel normal in a distortional environment.”