Dethroned Emir Sanusi II Banished, Flown To Nasarawa

9 March 2020 Daily Bells Newspaper 1 min read

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, has been taken to Nasarawa state.

A source said security personnel have succeeded in taken the emir out of the place around 4:30 pm.

“We are right now at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) on our way to Nasarawa state.

It took us several hours to remove the emir from the palace.”

A visit to the palace indicated that a combined team of heavily armed security personnel from the State Security Service, Police, Civil defence and Army took over the palace shortly after the announcement of the removal of Sanusi.

Sanusi ll was dethroned on Monday over alleged disrespect to the office of the governor and other government agencies.

The Secretary to the State Government, said the emir’s action violated the part 3 section A-E of Kano state law, hence the removal.

Earlier in the day, there was pandemonium at the Kano State House of Assembly on Monday over the lingering crisis between the state government and the now dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll.

Trouble started few minutes when the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Public Complaints and Petitions, Alhaji Hamza Ibrahim Ci-Dari, raised an observation regarding the two petitions against the emir.

The House received two petitions against the Emir last week.

Immediately the chairman raised the issue, he was shut down by some members of the House, particularly members of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who insisted that it is against the rule of the House to raise an observation during plenary on a petition that is before a committee, which has not submitted its report. Members of the APC and PDP engaged in a free-for-all fight with the aim of taking over the control of the Mace, the symbol of authority of the parliament.

It took the intervention of the Sergeant at Arms and security operatives to rescue the mace from the lawmakers.

The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa announced the postponement of the session for 30 minutes.

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