Deposed Emir of Kano state, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Friday, March 13, stepped out for the first time, leading Juma’at prayer service in Awe community of Nasarawa state.
The Herald gathered that Sanusi was honored to lead the prayer by the Emir of Awe His Royal Highness Umar Isa.
Sanusi led hundred of Muslim faithfuls including Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, who is in the community on a visit.
The deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Friday led juma'at prayers at the Awe Central Mosque, in Nasarawa. He was accompanied by Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai.#SanusiLamidoSanusi #NasirElRufai pic.twitter.com/pr7te5jluR
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Earlier, The Herald reported that the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido from confinement.
The order was given by justice Anwuli Chikere in an ex-parte ruling on Friday morning after listening to Sanusi’s lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who argued a motion ex-parte to that effect.
The order, made interim, is directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Attorney General of Kano State and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) who are all named as respondents in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed on March 12, 2020 by Sanusi.
Chikere, in the ruling, said: “An interim order of this honourable court releasing the applicant from the detention and or confinement of the respondents and restoring the applicant’s rights to human dignity, personal liberty, freedom of association and movement in Nigeria, (apart from Kano State) pending the hearing and determination of the applicant’s originating summons.”