Days after major players in the entertainment scene in the North
especially Kannywood expressed their displeasure at the decision to
confer
the “Sarkin waka” chieftaincy title on Korede Bello, the Kano
state emirate council has denied such claims.
Responding to the
claims that the Lagos-based musician was conferred with the title for
his contribution to music in Nigeria, Alhaji Munir Sanusi, the chief of
staff of Kano emirate council, denied rumours that the Emir of Kano
Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II had conferred the title on the Supreme Mavin
Dynasty act.
He
said the emirate has no intention to that effect and has never engaged
in any discussion with the musician to that respect and thus described
the information as a mere rumour and baseless.
The rumour started
making the rounds after Korede’s recent visit to Kano on the invitation
of one of the Emir’s sons during Eid-Kabir sallah celebration where he
participated in Sallah Durbar wearing full Hausa traditional regalia.
On
sighting the “God Win crooner”, during the durbar, spectators who
couldn’t hold back their suprise started hailing the musician as sarkin
waka which later sparked rumours that he may have been conferred with
such a title.
