Kano lawyer petitions Tinubu over ‘politically motivated’ police invitation of Emir Sanusi

A salient ineligible practitioner and quality rights activist, Hamza N. Dantani, Esq., has formally petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, regarding what helium has described arsenic a “politically motivated” invitation extended to the Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Ph.D., by the Inspector General of Police.

In an unfastened missive that powerfully criticizes the police’s actions, Dantani voiced superior concerns astir the summons issued to the Emir successful narration to an incidental during the caller Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) solemnisation successful Kano State. Dantani argues that the invitation is not lone unfounded but besides represents a nonstop affront to the accepted institution, informing that specified actions could destabilize the bid successful Kano and the wider bluish region.

“It is profoundly troubling that this invitation appears to beryllium politically motivated alternatively than rooted successful the involvement of justice, fairness, oregon nationalist security,” Dantani wrote. “The actions of the Inspector General of Police successful this lawsuit magnitude to a deliberate affront not lone to the idiosyncratic of the Emir but besides to the accepted instauration arsenic a whole.”

The incidental successful question pertains to the cancellation of the accepted Durbah ceremony, which followed a information advisory issued by the police. In compliance with this directive, the Emir chose to enactment successful the celebrations by car alternatively than connected horseback. Tragically, an adjutant to the Emir mislaid his beingness that time successful an incidental unrelated to the canceled Durbah. According to reports, the Kano State Commissioner of Police conducted an probe and confirmed that the decease had nary transportation to the constabulary advisory oregon the Emir’s compliance.

Despite this, Dantani pointed retired that the Inspector General disregarded the findings of his subordinate and summoned the Emir for questioning. This, helium argued, suggests an effort to usage the information apparatus to people a accepted person for governmental reasons.

“This amounts to harassment and undermines the peace-building relation of accepted leaders,” Dantani warned, adding that specified actions could “stir unnecessary tension, chaos, and adjacent a breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful Kano State.”

Dantani cited Section 4 of the Police Act, which mandates the constabulary to support instrumentality and order, condemning what helium called the politicization of constabulary duties. He called connected President Tinubu to intervene successful the matter.

“The accepted instauration deserves to beryllium protected, not ridiculed oregon undermined,” the missive emphasized.

The missive was besides copied to the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Police Service Commission, the National Security Adviser, the Attorney General of the Federation, and the Nigeria Police Force. Dantani urged these officials to instrumentality corporate enactment to support the dignity and integrity of accepted institutions.

This improvement comes amid rising governmental tensions successful Kano State, pursuing the authorities government’s determination to reinstate Emir Sanusi, a determination that has sparked important nationalist statement and governmental interest.