BREAKING: Sanusi banished to Nassarawa State

BY OUR EDITOR

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, may have been banished to Nassarawa State.

Report just reaching RELIABLESOURCENG.COM has it that the former Kano emir has been taken to Nasarawa state.

Daily Trust quoting a security source reports that security personnel succeeded in taken Sanusi out of the place around 4:30 pm, Monday.

“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,” the source revealed.

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 had taken over the palace shortly after the announcement of Sanusi’s removal.

Sanusi ll was dethroned on Monday over alleged disrespect to the office of the governor, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje 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 his removal.

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

Trouble started few minutes after 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, it was shut down by some members of the House, particularly members of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who insisted that it was against the rule of the House to raise an observation during plenary on a petition that was before a committee, which had 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, thereafter announced the postponement of session for 30 minutes.