Ado Bayero won’t go for prayers at Palace mosque – Police

The Kano State Police Command has dismissed reports that Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero will lead Jumma’t Prayers at Kofar Kudu Central Mosque, Kano, where Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano, is at the moment.

Both Sanusi and Ado Bayero have been laying claim to the throne, creating confusion in the city.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had dethroned Ado Bayero and asked him to hand over within 48 hours.

But the dethroned monarch returned to the town under military protection and has been operating from the mini palace since then.

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In a statement by Abdullahi Kiyawa, spokesman of Kano Police Command, said, “The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc further assured that all necessary security arrangements have been made for Alhaji Aminu Bayero to observe his Jummah Prayers in the Mosque where he lives at the Nasarawa Palace.

“The CP also assured that the Police and all other state security agencies will provide adequate security at the Palace where Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II is expected to observe his Jumma’at Prayers.

“Members of the public are therefore advised to ignore the false reports and misinformation circulating on social media and to go about their activities without fear of molestation or intimidation assuring that the Police will continue to provide the necessary security for ensuring that residents observe their Friday congressional prayers peacefully and without threats to their lives and property.”

The emirate tussle has continued to linger since the reinstatement of Sanusi and dissolution of the five emirates.

A court order issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano had stopped the reinstatement.

Subsequently, another court order restrained Sanusi from parading himself as Emir of Kano and ordered his eviction from the Emir’s palace while another court stopped the action.

Based on the conflicting orders, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, had summoned the head of the Federal High high Court and Kano Chief Judge.