Sanusi Was Not Banished — Kano Govt

The Attorney-General of Kano State, Ibrahim Muktar, has said that Governor Ganduje did not banish the deposed Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II.

According to Muktar who disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Programme on Wednesday, the state government only deposed the emir but never made mention of banishment.

He said, “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.

“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.

“We have been hearing from the media that he has been banished but what I know is that he was taken out of Kano State but banishment was not part of our decision. There is no such decision to the best of my knowledge.”

The attorney generally further added that the deposed emir was moved out of the state based on intelligent information that was gathered, and to ensure peace within the state.

He said, “The state government has not taken the law into its hands. Let me explain that the decision to remove the emir from office is administrative and was not based on the issues pending before the court. All the issues pending before the court have not to do with the removal of the emir or the dethronement.”

Regarding the pending probe against Sanusi, Kano State’s anti-corruption agency, Muktar said;

“No decision on that actually. I cannot preempt the position of the government on whether the investigation will stop or will continue. I cannot say as of now.”