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General News of Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Picture of the poor house Sanusi will spend the rest of his life

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Below is a picture showing a house alleged to be where Muhammadu Sanusi II will be spending his exile in Nasarawa State.

Sanusi was dethroned as the Emir of Kano on Monday by the Kano State Government which announced Aminu Ado Bayero as his replacement.

He was immediately whisked away to Nasarawa where an aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said he would be spending life under house arrest with no visitors.



A Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Media, Salihu Yakasai, said the state government had to deploy policemen to escort Sanusi out of the palace when he refused to leave upon learning of his dethronement,

The governor’s spokesman said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday.

He said if Sanusi had humbled himself and left the palace immediately he was informed of his removal, he would have been spared the drama.

Yakasai added, “They wanted it to be a quiet thing. That is the standard, the law. A deposed emir has to leave the state as it was done in the past but I don’t know what happened in the palace that caused the delay.

“At the initial stage, the emir wasn’t willing to leave the palace and that was why you saw what we saw with the security forces and what have you.

“If he had left willingly, I don’t think you would have seen such a reaction from the security apparatus.

“The situation, though intense, wasn’t for long and as you can see Kano is peaceful.”