The Department of State Security, has debunked the story that their men stormed Kano Emir’s Palace after dissolving the five Emirate Councils by the State Assembly on Thursday.
The Department State Director, Muhammad Alhassan, who described the story as untrue, said there was nothing like their men going to Emir’s Palace as has been reported in some sections of the media.
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He said what happened was that the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu was visiting Kano on an assignment and also scheduled to visit the Emir’s Palace but learned that the Emir was out of town making her to postponed the visit.
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“We drafted our men as part of our schedules on the visit of the First Lady Oluremi Tinubu but learned that she was not going there and we withdrawn our men”, he added.
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“Therefore, the story that our men stormed the Emir’s Palace in the wake of the happenings with regards to the Emir is false, malicious and did not happen, ” he said.
As of the time of filing this report, the city is still calm as people are still going about their lawful and respective businesses.
