Nigeria Police: Why we seal off Emir's Palace

The Nigeria police are laying siege on the palace of the Emir of Kano to prevent miscreants from looting the facility, the Kano state Commissioner of Police, Aderele Shinaba has said.

The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had, in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, accused President Jonathan of deploying police officers to seal off the palace to prevent the new emir, Lamido Sanusi, from moving in.

Sharareporters reports that the Nigerian police have been ordered to arrest the newly-crowned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on fraud-related charges stemming from his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Adding that the Presidency sources in Abuja indicates that the team of policemen at the Emir’s palace in Kano received the order from the Nigeria police headquarters to place Mr. Sanusi under arrest if he leaves the Kano Governor’s lodge.

Kano Government denies reports of new emir

The Kano State Government has denied rumours making the rounds, especially on the social media, that a new emir has been selected to replace late Ado Bayero.

There are widespread reports that the son of the late emir, Sunusi Ado-Bayero, had been selected.

Mr. Bayero is considered a frontline contender for the position, as is a former governor of the Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media, to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Jaafar Jaafar, said on  Sunday afternoon that Mr. Kwankwaso was yet to make the announcement.

BOMB BLAST: CAN, President Jonathan Declared A Genocide On Northerners - USMAN JIMETA; You Deserved A Response -FANI-KAYODE

BOMB BLAST: CAN, President Jonathan Declared A Genocide On Northerners - USMAN JIMETA; You Deserved A Response -FANI-KAYODE

''All Northern Muslims must know that the killings in the North of Muslims is solely sponsored by President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan agreed with his people of South East and South South that our population must be eliminated through massacres.

Those carrying out the massacres in the different States of the North are well trained Igbos and former Niger Delta militants who were trained in Israel and clandestinely in some Countries. President Jonathan, once told a Northern Elite that a revolution must be started in the North to pave the way for killing all our Elites.

Jonathan, assassinated Gen. Mohamme Shuwa, assassinated Jarman Katagum, attempted to eliminate Ado Bayero, Kwankwaso, Sultan of Sokoto, to mention but a few.

Boko Haram's 'Target For Death' List: The Following People To Die Soonest; IBB, Buhari Among

Boko Haram's 'Target For Death' List: The Following People To Die Soonest; IBB, Buhari Among

The security agencies have ordered the restrictions into the movement of some Nigerians who are currently the prime targets of the Boko Haram Islamist Jihadists in the country.

The security sources revealed that on the Boko Haram's 'target for death' list are eminent personalities which includes the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, former-President Shehu Shagari, former military President Ibrahim Babangida, former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and others.

The security "protective" restriction will also cover prominent emirs, governors, former-governors, ministers, former-ministers and some highly-placed Nigerians, and that the concerned individuals are to depend on travel approval and advisory from state security apparatus before visiting any part of the Northeast – the birth place of the Boko Haram sects, the headquarters of trouble spots in country which has claimed thousands of lives.