By Abiola Olawale
The Kano State Government has voiced serious concerns, alleging that some powerful individuals in the Federal Government were responsible for the barricade of the palace of the 16th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II.
The Secretary to the Kano State Government, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, who spoke on behalf of the State Governor, Governor Yusuf accused some powerful individuals in Abuja of directing security operatives who laid siege on the Emir’s palace on Friday, to do what they are doing by reportedly laying siege at the Emir’s palace.
Bichi also raised alarm that the alleged action is capable of undermining the peace and stability that Kano has enjoyed.
Bichi said: “We were really surprised waking up to this development with police sealing off the entrance to the palace of Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
“What surprises us the most is that Kano is peaceful but it’s just a few people that have the backing of Abuja that don’t want Kano to be peaceful.
“The emir was to escort his district head of Bichi, Wamban Kano, pray with him there and then come back. We were all invited and then we woke up to this. We asked the reason and they told us it was an order given to them from above. Who is there above, it’s the Federal Government.
“We in Kano have resolved to stay in peace, peace will reign and nobody will come to Kano and destabilize that.
“The emir has appointed the district head and it stands, he will take him to his place and whenever he is ready to go there we are going there with him, no going back,” the Secretary to the state government, Bichi stated.
It would be recalled on Friday that some security operatives comprising the police and DSS barricaded the Emir’s palace.
According to reports, the incident is purportedly not unconnected to an attempt to prevent the Emir from accompanying his newly appointed Wamban Kano and District Head of Bichi, Munir Sanusi, to assume his official district post in Bichi.
