Police operatives have taken over the security of the main palace of the Emir of Kano, where local hunters had guarded the reinstated Lamido Sanusi.
According to Premium Times, hunters, known locally as ‘Yan Tauri’, were drawn from across the state and deployed to the palace following a rumour that Federal authorities planned to relocate Aminu Ado-Bayero amidst the emirship tussle.
Ado-Bayero, who was dethroned by the Kano State Government last month, is guarded by Federal security agents at the Nasarawa mini palace.
A team of security agents were reportedly observed on Sunday evening taking over the main emir’s palace, the Gidan Rumfa, where the hunters had hitherto been engaged in playing card games and carrying out other activities.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Kiyawa, could not be immediately reached Sunday evening to comment on the development.
A security source at the palace, however, told Premium Times the hunters have been sacked.
“Did you need me to tell you that they (hunters) are no longer here? You can see it yourself; everyone has found his way”, a police officer at the palace said.
Residents of the area also confirmed that the hunters withdrew from the palace between Saturday and Sunday morning following a court ruling last Thursday which invalidated Sanusi’s reappointment as Emir.
“Some of them left behind their machetes to conceal their identity after they were asked to vacate the palace or face the wrath of the security agents”, one of the residents said.
Justice Abdullahi Muhammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano had voided Sanusi’s reappointment and asked the state government to halt the implementation of the Kano Emirate Council (Repeal) Law, 2024.
Justice Liman ruled that Sanusi’s reappointment was null and void because the government disobeyed the court’s earlier order restraining it from taking further action on the new emirate council law of the state.
