Many traditional rulers and title holders were stranded at the Kano Emir’s palace following taking over of the Palace by armed policemen in the early hours of Friday.
The traditional rulers were at Emir Sanusi Palace in the early hours of Friday ( today) to accompany Emir Sanusi to Bichi where he was scheduled to attend a royal ceremony to present a staff of office to a new District Head of Bichi.
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However, as the result of the deployment of the security operatives who blocked the main entrance of the palace, many people including traditional rulers and title holders could not go out with their vehicles.
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As at the time of filing this report most of the stranded traditional rulers had to abandon their vehicles inside the palace and trekked to the central mosque for the Friday prayers.
As of the time of filing this report, security operatives deployed to the palace have continued to keep vigil as human and vehicular movement had been restricted around the palace.
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A source at the palace told The Punch that the monarch was still in the palace as most of the visitors had left the palace to attend the Friday prayers.
Recall that as early as 7am armed security operatives took over the main Kano Emir’s Palace at Kofar Kudu.
