Abubakar Mahmoud, one of the lawyers representing Muhammadu
Sanusi, former emir of Kano, says after the dethronement, the ex-monarch wanted
to move to Lagos state, but was forced to Nasarawa.
The Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje,
governor of the state, had removed Sanusi from the throne on Monday, replacing
him with Aminu Ado Bayero, one of the sons of his predecessor.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, Mahmoud said he was at the
palace when the letter of dethronement was brought to Sanusi, who acknowledged
it.
He said the commissioner of police refused to grant Sanusi’s
wish to move to Lagos, saying the directive given in the letter – for him to
travel to Nasarawa – must be obeyed.
“In the letter of deposition, it was stated that the Emir
was to be removed to Nassarawa State. We requested to know if he was under
arrest and if so we needed to see the warrant. The Commissioner of Police
informed us that he was not under arrest,” he said.
“We informed the Commissioner of Police that was illegal and
violation of his constitutional rights to remove to Nassarawa State against his
wish. The Emir informed the Commissioner of Police that his friends had sent an
aircraft to fly him and his family to Lagos and requested that they should be
provided with necessary security to the airport so that he could leave.
“The Commissioner refused saying that was not their
instruction. They were willing to allow the family to leave for Lagos but he
was to be flown to Abuja then onwards taken to Nassarawa State. It was clear to
us that both the Emir and ourselves were helpless and the police and other
security agents were willing to take any measure and use force to achieve their
objective.
“In order not to jeopardize the Emir’s safety or the safety
of any member of his family or indeed other persons around, the Emir decided to
cooperate and proceed in the vehicles provided by the operatives.
“We accompanied the Commissioner of Police to the Nigerian
Airforce base in Kano where the Emir was put a private aircraft and departed at
about 6.40pm. The family subsequently boarded the aircraft arranged by his
friends and departed for Lagos about 15 minutes later.”
The lawyer said from Abuja, Sanusi was taken on a journey of
seven hours by road till he arrived at a remote location in Nasarawa.
Mahmoud said this was done to traumatise the former monarch,
adding that he has been unable to reach Sanusi all through the day.
He called on Nigerians, the international community and
other stakeholders to intervene in the matter to ensure the safety of the
former emir.
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