How Nigeria's Kings Lost Their Power - BBC - NairalandFrom emirs to kings, Nigeria's traditional rulers are increasingly being humiliated by politicians - and mocked by young people who see them as representing an archaic institution.
The latest example of this was the brutal dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.
The state governor invoked his constitutional powers to depose the emir after accusing him of "insubordination".
No-one knows the number of monarchs in multi-ethnic Nigeria but there seems to be one...
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