The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF),and Minister of Justice,Abubakar Malami SAN, said he had no hand in the dethronement and detention of Muhammadu Sanusi. Sanusi, who was dethroned as emir of Kano, was confined to Awe in Nasarawa state until a federal high court in Abuja ordered his release, paving the way for him to move to Lagos, on Friday. An aide of the deposed monarch had accused Malami of ordering the detention of the former first-class monarch. In a statement on Sunday, Umar Gwandu, special assistant on media and public relations to…
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‘Our efforts didn’t yield results’ — Abdulsalami speaks on Sanusi’s dethronement
Abdulsalami Abubakar, former military head of state, says the efforts to reconcile Abdullahi Ganduje and Muhammadu Sanusi II, former emir of Kano, did not yield the desired result. The Kano executive council led by Ganduje, the state governor, had on Monday dethroned Sanusi as emir, accusing him of insubordination. In 2019, Abubakar was appointed as chairman of the reconciliation committee set up to intervene in the crisis between Sanusi and Ganduje. Speaking in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) Hausa on the development, Abubakar said: “Well, I can say so…