EXCLUSIVE: Why we are laying siege on Emir of Kano’s palace — Nigeria Police
Category: Nigerian National News
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| Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and new Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanu |
The Nigeria police are laying siege on the palace of the Emir of Kano
to prevent miscreants from looting the facility, the Kano state
Commissioner of Police, Aderele Shinaba has said.
The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had, in an exclusive
interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday, accused President Goodluck
Jonathan of deploying police officers to seal off the palace to prevent
the new emir, Lamido Sanusi, from moving in.
But in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES Thursday, Mr. Shinaba said the allegation is false.
He said his men were guarding the palace and its vicinity to keep the peace and prevent miscreants from looting the complex.
Mr. Shinaba said, “We are not stopping anyone from accessing the
palace. The Emir or anyone else can move in and out of the palace
unmolested.
“The police has no power over the Emir. It’s a traditional
institution and we have respect for it. But a situation where people
would be creating problems, protesting and threatening the peace is
unacceptable. We cannot fold our arms and allow miscreants to loot the
palace.”
The police commissioner denied being under any instruction from
anyone to block the emir from entering his palace or arresting him.
“Instruction from who? Go and ask the presidency or the police
headquarters to determine if they gave me any instruction to block the
Emir from his palace or molest him.
“My own interest is that of security which I’m doing and will continue to do.”
Protests had broken out in Kano on Sunday shortly after the
announcement of the new emir, as his supporters clashed with those of
his opponent, the son of the former emir, Ado Bayero, who died Friday.
Mr. Kwankwaso told PREMIUM TIMES he has “credible information” the
president instructed his supporters in Kano to unleash “mayhem” on the
state.
“We don’t know his intention, but, certainly the intention is not
good,” he said. “We have to tell him that igniting crisis in Kano is not
in the interest of anybody. We have enough crisis already in the
country, and now they are funding their stooges in Kano to protest and
burn government properties.”
The governor also accused the president of plotting to arrest the new emir and instructing the police to seal off his palace.
“We got information that they were planning to arrest him, so, we
moved him to the Government House. I don’t want to imagine what would
have happened if they succeeded,” he said.
Emir Sanusi has been operating from the Kano Government House since his appointment.
Source: Premium Times
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