The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has departed Awe in Nasarawa State with the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai.
This comes after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted an interim order releasing Sanusi from detention.
Justice Anwuli Chikere granted the order in line with the prayers on the exparte motion filed on behalf of the deposed Emir by Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN.
The former Emir had on Thursday approached the court seeking an interim order of the court directing his immediate release from detention.
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai met the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, in Awe, Nasarawa State, where he was taken to after his dethronement.
El-Rufai arrived Sanusi’s new residence in Awe on Friday afternoon. Photos in circulation on social media showed the emir without his usual regalia as emir.
The governor arrived quietly in a seven-car convoy at about 12:47 pm on Friday without the use of sirens.
They will both join the weekly congregational prayer in the town at the mosque attached to the Palace of Emir of Awe, Isa Abubakar Umar.
Sanusi is expected to lead the prayer.
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The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor had been leading daily congregational and Friday prayers in Kano before his dethronement.
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