Breaking: Sanusi Heads To Court Over Dethronement As Emir Of Kano

Dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he is going to court over his dethronement by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje‘s led Kano State government.

Naija News had reported earlier that the Kano State government led by Governor Ganduje on Monday, March 9, dethroned Emir Sanusi.

This online news platform understands that Emir Sanusi’s dethronement followed the State Council executive meeting presided over by the Governor Ganduje.

However, a statement by Alhaji Usman Alhaji, the Secretary to the State Government, said Emir Sanusi’s dethronement was due to his “total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor and other lawful authorities”

“The Kano State Executive Council under the chairmanship of His Excellency, the governor of Kano, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has unanimously approved the immediate removal/dethronement of the Emir of Kano Emirate, Muhammad Sanusi II,” the statement said.

Reacting to the banishment through Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), his lawyer, Sanusi vowed to challenge his dethronement and banishment in court.

Sanusi’s lawyer who declared this in a briefing a few minutes ago in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, said the restriction of Sanusi’s movement and his dethronement were unlawful and gross violation of his human rights.