Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said that he was not in any way connected with the dethronement of the former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II and his subsequent banishment to Nasarawa State.
Malami made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Minister.
“The issue of who does what over the dethronement saga has been effectively submitted for judicial determination. The matter is consequently subjudice. And I will not comment one way or the other over a matter that is pending before the court,” he said.
Alhaji Sanusi had claimed that the Attorney General of Kano State, Alhaji Ibrahim Muktar, and the Attorney General of the Federation, Malami, instructed the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to detain him.
Reports stated that on March 12, the deposed Emir of Kano, on Thursday, dragged the Inspector General Police (IGP), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, Director General DSS, Alhaji Yusuf Bichi, to the Federal High Court, Abuja, over his alleged detention.
Also joined in a motion ex-parte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020, filed by his team of lawyers led by Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who is leading the legal team, are the Attorney General of Kano State and Malami as third and fourth respondents respectively.
