The Kano State Police Commissioner, AIG Usaini Gumel has given reasons why the police ignored Governor Yusuf ‘s directive on eviction of the 15th Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero from his Nassarawa mini palace.
It could be recall that Governor Yusuf had on Thursday night through the State Attorney General And Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi directed the CP to remove Bayero from the Nasarawa mini palace where he is staying.
Speaking in an interview in Kano on Friday, the police commissioner said obeying the Governor’s eviction order would be tantamount to “jumping the gun”.
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According to him, the same government that gave the order had filed a case at the State High Court on the eviction order which would come up on Monday, 24th June, 2024.
“The police will not evict the Bayero because the same government has filed a case at the State High Court on the eviction order which would come up on Monday, 24th June, 2024.
“The government is like jumping the gun. Because the same government has filed a case on the eviction order which is coming up on the 24th of June, 2024. So, if we carry out the order it is like we are pre empting the court because we don’t know what will happen at the court,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up around the Nassarawa mini palace where Aminu Ado Bayero is currently domiciling.
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Our Correspondent who visited the mini palace shortly before the observance of the Juma’at prayer reports that more security personnel have been deployed to the place in addition to the ones on ground.
It was observed that all the four major routes leading to the mini palace have been cordoned off by security operatives as the police had yet to remove Bayero as directed by Governor Yusuf.
However, while the CP had yet to comply with the governor’s directive, the Aminu Bayero was still in the mini palace with his retinue of palace guards and other supporters.
One of his (Bayero’s) supporters who spoke on condition of anonymity told our Correspondent that Bayero was still in the mini palace receiving the “traditional greetings” from some traditional rulers loyal to him.
“Let me tell you, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero is still in the mini palace and as I am talking to you now, he is receiving the “traditional greetings” from those loyal to him,” the source said.
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He debunked the rumors being peddled in some quarters that a bulldozer has been stationed at the palace in readiness for the demolition of the place.
“I heard that there is rumour going round in some quarters that a bulldozer has been stationed at the Nasarawa mini palace ahead of the demolition. This is a social media propaganda,” the source added.