This was made known by his lawyer, A. B Mahmoud, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA.
Speaking to newsmen today March 10th, Mahmoud said the ousted
monarch was not served any arrest warrant when he was whisked out of
the palace on Monday by a group of security officers.
Mahmoud said the Kano Emirate Court Law 2019 does not empower the
Kano State Executive to banish Sanusi. He pointed out that the
dethronement and banishment of Sanusi, a former CBN governor, is a
”violation of his human rights.”
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“We have the directives of the emir through his chief of staff, Munir
Sanusi to challenge the legality of dethronement and banish of the
Emir. We have to receive any directives to challenge his dethronement,
but we have been directed to challenge his banishment”he said
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Mahmoud called on the Inspector General of Police and Director
General of the Department of the State Security to “immediately and
unconditionally release His Highness.”
Sanusi was dethroned by the state government on Monday over what was
described as his total disregard for the office of the Kano state
governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. He was banished to Loko community in
Nasarawa state but has now been moved to Awe community which is still in
Nasarawa state.