According to Channels TV reporter Seun Okin, the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been dethroned by the Kano State Government. Tweeting from his handle @SeunOkin this afternoon, he wrote:
Breaking News: Kano State Government dethrones Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido
Breaking News: Kano State Government dethrones Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido
— SeunOkin Channels tv (@seunokin) March 9, 2020
This was also confirmed in a video released on Twitter by @dawisu showing the Secretary to the Kano State Government speaking.
Watch below:
Speech by the Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Usman Alhaji on the dethronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. pic.twitter.com/colvMHKe9R
— Peacock (@dawisu) March 9, 2020
More to come