The Kano State government has lambasted the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over the siege on the palace of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, by the police and the Department of State Services personnel (DSS)......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
It would be recalled that earlier, armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) had blocked the entrance to the palace.
Speaking on the development, the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, expressed surprise and angst at the move.
He stated his thoughts while speaking on a local radio station.
“We were really surprised waking up to this development with police sealing off the entrance to the palace of Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
“What surprises us the most is that Kano is peaceful but it’s just a few people that have backing from Abuja that don’t want Kano to be peaceful.
“The emir was to escort his district head of Bichi, Wamban Kano, pray with him there and then come back. We were all invited and then we woke up to this. We asked the reason and they told us it was an order given to them from above. Who is there above, it’s the Federal Government.
“We in Kano have resolved to stay in peace, peace will reign and nobody will come to Kano and destabilize that.
“The emir has appointed the district head and it stands, he will take him to his place and whenever he is ready to go there we are going there with him, no going back.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Emir of Kano’s palace in Kofar Kudu was surrounded by armed policemen and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), blocking both entry and exit.
Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II was expected to escort the newly-appointed Wamban Kano, Munir Sanusi, to his district posting in Bichi.
Meanwhile, in July SaharaReporters reported that there was a violent clash at the palace of the sacked Emir of Rano in Kano State.
This follows a visit by an emissary of the 16th Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II to the palace in the Rano Local Government Area.
