The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has been dethroned. This was announced at a special sitting of the Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state today Monday March 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usman Alhaji, secretary to the state government, who announced the dethronement, said it is with immediate effect. He added that a new emir will be announced shortly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has been dethroned. This was announced at a special sitting of the Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state today…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sanusi-Lamido-Sanusi-II-1.jpg?fit=196%2C119&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135234,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/deposed-emir-of-kano-muhammadu-sanusi-arrives-nasarawa\/","url_meta":{"origin":135178,"position":0},"title":"Deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Arrives Nasarawa","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"March 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has arrived Loko, a town in Nasarawa State, to which he was banished, the News Agency of Nigeria, reports. 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