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It has been reported and also gone viral that the new Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has made entry into his palace; Emir Palace in Kano (5 days after he was turbaned) to ascend the throne and has left the Government House where he was reportedly hiding. What we might not know is the magic of freedom between President Jonathan and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
According to
The Herald, the Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi
reportedly swallowed his pride and begged President Goodluck Jonathan to
enable him leave the government house and ascend the throne at the
Emir’s palace.
Sanusi had been shacked up in a room at
the Kano State Government House whilst police barricaded the Emir’s
palace shortly after his appointment as Emir last weekend.
The official reason the police were
stationed there was to prevent irate youth and looters from having
access to the palace, since the news of Sanusi’s selection by Governor
Rabiu Kwankwaso caused a lot of disaffection in the state.
However unofficially it was rumoured
that President Jonathan sought to have Lamido Sanusi arrested due to
alleged overwhelming evidence of fraud and other sharp practices against
him during his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Popular and reliable news source say it
was the strength of the case against him that made the new Emir bow to
President Goodluck Jonathan, and beg for forgiveness. Reportedly a
source said, “Sanusi told the President he was sorry for anything he
might have done wrong in the past and asked the President to consider
him henceforth as a friend.”
Powerful intermediaries had lobbied on
his behalf before the President even agreed to speak with him, Minister
of Defence, Aliyu Gusau pleaded on his behalf.
As at yesterday, the latest report was that the police had been withdrawn from the palace and the new Emir allowed to move in.
See photos of SLS's entry after the court... (Photo credit goes to Sahara Reporters)