BREAKING: Kano Emir’s Palace Under Military Siege After Arrest Order

• The governor had ordered Bayero’s arrest “for creating tension in the state”.
• Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th Emir of Kano, has returned to the ancient city after being dethroned on Thursday.

The mini-palace of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, who was overthrown on Thursday by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, has been besieged by soldiers.

Yusuf gave the ousted Emirs 48 hours to leave their palaces and turn up power when he signed the legislation repealing the Kano Emirates Council Law.

WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero (Kano) returned to the ancient city on Saturday, while the other Emirs—Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero (Bichi), Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa (Rano), Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar II (Karaye), and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir (Gaya)—complied with the directive.

The aircraft which conveyed the monarch touched down at the Aminu Kano International airport at 4:30am.

He was immediately thronged by his supporters, who were chanting a verse from Surah Al-Fatihah in the Holy Quoran.

“You (alone) we worship, and you (alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).”

While some others were saying, “God the Almighty will kill your enemies.”

He later observed Subhi (dawn prayer) at the airport after which he made his way to the mini-palace at Nassarawa.

Responding to the action of Ado Bayero, Governor Yusuf had ordered his immediate arrest, saying he was creating tension in the state.

In a statement, which Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, his spokesperson, issued on his behalf, Yusuf said Ado Bayero was smuggled into Kano city in an attempt to forcefully return to the palace two days after being deposed.

Our source sighted that a team of soldiers moved into the palace at Nasarawa, where the 15th Emir is, after the order of the governor.

Although security operatives accompanied Yusuf from the airport to the mini-palace, it is unclear why more troops were deployed.

Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, Deputy Governor of Kano, had accused the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, of facilitating the return of the dethroned Emir.

Gwarzo, in a short video interview at Emir’s palace in Gidan Rumfa on Saturday, alleged that the NSA released two jets to bring Ado Bayero to Kano

He said, “The National Security Adviser gave two jets to bring the dethroned emir to Kano and to bring him to the place. We have not understood their intention.”