The pathologies of a throne, by Azu Ishiekwene For the deposed Kano Emir, Aminu Bayero, it was not a matter of if, but when. The moment the Supreme Court upheld the election of Governor Abba Yusuf in January, Bayero knew the governor would need the throne to pay his debt. The governor had promised during the campaign that if he was elected, he would revoke the sharing of the Kano Municipal Emirate between two Bayeros among the four emirs and restore its singular pre-eminence. Of course, he won. But before the ruling...