Court declared the banishment of the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido from Kano as unlawful.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the banishment of the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from Kano as unlawful and a violation of his fundamental human rights. In a judgment on Tuesday, Justice Anwuli Chikere, held that the manner Sanusi was forcefully removed from the palace after his dethronement and taken, by operatives of the police and State Security Service, SSS, on the directive of the Kano State Government, to Nasarawa State against his will was a violation of his rights to personal liberty and freedom of movement.

The court held that as a citizen of Nigeria, who has committed no offence, Sanusi was entitled to reside in any part of the country. The judge, who awarded ten million Naira damages against the Kano State Government, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the SSS, also ordered them to offer public apology to Sanusi in at least, two national dailies. Although the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, was sued as the fourth respondent, Justice Chikere excluded the AGF from the suit on the grounds that the applicant failed to establish his case against the fourth respondent.