Reports has it that shortly after his dethronement was announced, security operatives arrested Sanusi and whisked him out of the ancient city amidst tight security.

It was gathered that the security operatives are heading to Nassarawa state where he will spend the rest of his life in asylum. The security agents have reportedly sealed off the palace.

This was announced at a special sitting of the Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state today Monday March 9th.

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

The monarch said this while moderating a paper presentation session on ‘the role of universities in nation building’ at the maiden convocation of the Federal University, Gusau, in Zamfara state, on Friday January 24th.

He said “there are people who cannot afford to feed one wife but are ready to marry three wives and have more children than they can feed, talk less of paying for their school fees. The poverty level of the North is 80 percent, while in the South, the percentage is 20 percent, simply because of the culture of marrying many wives and producing many children who, at the end, are left on the streets to beg for what to eat”