The Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Media, Salihu Yakasai, says the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammmadu Sanusi II, refused to leave the palace even after formally informing him of his dethronement on Monday, March 9th.

Yakasai said that Sanusi’s refusal forced the state government to deploy policemen to escort him out of the palace.

The governor’s spokesman disclosed this information on Tuesday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.

He said if Sanusi would have been spared himself of the drama that ensued, if he had humbled himself and left the palace immediately he was informed of his dethronement.

Yakasai added,

They wanted it to be a quiet thing. That is the standard, the law. A deposed emir has to leave the state as it was done in the past but I don’t know what happened in the palace that caused the delay.

At the initial stage, the emir wasn’t willing to leave the palace and that was why you saw what we saw with the security forces and what have you.

If he had left willingly, I don’t think you would have seen such a reaction from the security apparatus.

The situation, though intense, wasn’t for long and as you can see Kano is peaceful.

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