The federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from unlawful custody.
This came after Sanusi, through his lawyers, sued the state security apparatus over his evacuation from Kano and ‘forced resettlement’ in Awe, Nasarawa State.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje led Kano State Government had dethroned Sanusi as emir and allegedly banished him to the state.
Meanwhile, Kano State Government says it never banished the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, from the state.
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The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Ibrahim Muktar, denied the allegation on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television.
“If you listen to the Secretary to the State Government, when he was addressing the press on the issue of the removal of the emir from office, there was nowhere he stated that the emir was banished from Kano State,” he said.
“So, the decision of the government when the emir was removed on Monday was that he was removed from office and a new one appointed. The issue of banishment was not part of the decision of the Kano State Government.”
Sanusi was on Monday escorted out of the palace following his dethronement. He was then driven several miles to Loko, Nasarawa.
The deposed monarch on Tuesday moved to Awe town, another location in Nasarawa.
His lawyers say they will be challenging the banishment in court, saying it violates Sanusi’s rights.
The dethronement and banishment has met a lot of outrage from Nigerians, who voice their frustrations at the way the former Emir was treated.
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