Munir Sanusi, Dam Buram Kano who served as chief of staff to
Muhammadu Sanusi, deposed emir of Kano, has blamed Abubakar Malami,
attorney-general of the federation, for the detention of the former first-class
monarch, according to PUNCH.
Sanusi, who was removed from office on Monday was confined
to Awe in Nasarawa state until a federal high court in Abuja ordered his
release, paving the way for him to move to Lagos, on Friday.
Munir, in an affidavit filed in support of the suit by the
deposed emir, said Sanusi was detained on the orders of Malami and Ibrahim
Muktar, attorney-general of Kano, who were respondents in the suit filed by the
deposed emir and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020.
He said Sanusi had informed Habu Ahmadu, the state’s
commissioner of police, of his intention to fly with his family members to
Lagos but his request was dismissed.
“I know for a fact that the CP refused the applicant’s
requests for protection and to carry his family with him to Lagos and stated
that he had no such instructions from above, but instead directed that the
applicant be flown to Abuja and then taken to Nasarawa state,” he stated.
“In order not to jeopardise his safety or the safety of any
member of his family or indeed other persons around, the applicant cooperated
and proceeded in the vehicles provided by officers under the command of the
respondents.
“The said commissioner of police, along with other officers
under the command of the respondents, harassed and rushed the applicant out of
the emir palace, Kano, without letting him take any personal belongings and
personal effects, along with him as they took him into their waiting vehicles.
“The applicant was then taken in company with loads of armed
men, being officers under the command of the respondents, to the Nigerian air
force base in Kano where he was put in a private aircraft to Abuja and departed
Kano at about 6.40pm.
“The applicant was separated from his family who were also
carried out of the palace.
“Upon arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja, he was conveyed first to Lafia, then to Loko area of Nasarawa State,
after being driven for about seven hours in the dead of the night.
“On March 10, 2020, he was taken back to Lafia and from
there to Awe in Nasarawa state.”
Amongst others, Sanusi is seeking an order directing the
respondents to pay him N50 million as damages for the unlawful and
unconstitutional arrest and detention, and also to publish in at least three
national dailies an unreserved written apology to the applicant for the breach
of the his fundamental right.
Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano who appointed
Sanusi as emir, had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ordering his removal,
an allegation the president denied.
Umar Gwandu, spokesman of Malami, was contacted for his
reaction to the claim on the involvement of the attorney-general of the federation
in the detention of Malami but he had not responded as of the time this report
was filed.
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