Governor orders arrest of deposed Kano Emir Bayero

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has ordered the immediate arrest of the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.

The governor ordered the former Emir’s arrest via a statement issued by his spokesman, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, on Saturday, May 25, 2024.

Yusuf said the order became necessary because Bayero was “creating tension in the state”.

He said the former Emir was “smuggled into Kano city last night in an attempt to forcefully return to the palace, two days after being deposed.”

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Governor Yusuf noted that as the Chief Security Officer of Kano State, he had directed the Commissioner of Police to arrest the deposed Emir “with immediate effect for disturbing public peace and attempting to destroy the relative peace the state enjoys.”

The statement further confirmed that the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, arrived at the palace in the company of the governor, deputy governor, the Speaker of the Kano State Assembly, and other top government officials at about 1 a.m. on Saturday.

The Kano State Government had, on Thursday, repealed the Emirates Council Law which annulled the five Emirates created by Yusuf’s predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, in 2019.

The state government, thereafter, merged the five Emirates into one and reinstated Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano.

Sanusi was removed in March 2020 by Ganduje who cited insubordination for his action.

The Star