Soyinka hits Ganduje, says former CBN governor a reformerGbenga Adeniji, Adelani Adepegba, Ade Adesomoju, Umar Mohammed, and Tony Okafor The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Thursday instit
uted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement.learnt late on Thursday that former Emir’s preliminary ex parte application seeking an interim order for his release had been assigned to Justice Anwuli Chikere.
But Sanusi’s team of lawyers led by Lateef Fagbemi on Thursday filed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020 before the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge his banishment and continued detention in Awe by security agencies. Alleging a breach of their client’s rights provided under sections 34,35, 40, 41 and 46 of the Nigerian Constitution, Sanusi’s legal team comprising 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, contended, “the applicant’s fundamental right to life, human dignity, personal liberty and movement are seriously under challenge and continually being breached by the respondents.”
His grounds for the application are, “The applicant’s originating motion and all other processes were filed on March 12, 2020.“Considering the status of the respondents, it would be difficult to effect personal service on the first second and third respondents , unless this application is granted. The governor, who arrived at 5pm with the Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Dauda Bage, met with the former Kano monarch.
The playwright stated this in a statement titled, “For whom the gates open wide’ following Monday’s dethronement of Sanusi and his banishment to Nasarawa State by the state government.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Soyinka recalled a similar scenario which he said nearly played out in his home state, Ogun, some years ago, when a governor wanted to dethrone and banish a monarch before his friends keenly appealed to him to reconsider the action.
“The man, an independent businessman of absolute integrity, and one of that governor’s intimate circle, smiled and said, “No, we couldn’t do that. We are his friends. We were pleading with him to save him from himself.”
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