Police Set-up Panel Into Kano Palace Attack

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Kano State Police Command on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, said it has started  formal investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged attack on the Palace of factional Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, by suspected loyalists of his co-claimant to throne, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero.

This is coming on the heels of the scathing criticism launched against the police by a Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in Kano for its  unexplained silence over the attack.

The Kano CSOs in a statement issued on Tuesday, July 8, by its Coordinators including Mustapha Abdullahi, Comrade Salisu Gambo and others, expressed serious concern over the inability of the police to carry out an inquest into the incident which it described as a deliberate plot by some unpatriotic elements to plunge the commercial nerve centre of the Northern region into avoidable chaos.

The Source reports that some suspected supporters of Emir Bayero, allegedly, a few days ago, carried out a violent attack on the Kofar- Kudu City palace of Emir Sanusi, resulting in the destruction of some properties, including two police operational vehicles. Some palace guards were, also, said to have been injured.

But in a statement on Tuesday , July 8, Emir Bayero while exonerating his supporters stated that his followers acted in self defence after they were  violently attacked  by thugs believed to be sympathic to his rival.

The Kano State Police authorities said they  have set up an eight-member panel to investigate the alleged attack on the palace.

Consequently, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori who announced the development noted that the investigation committee has been mandated to unravel both the remote and immediate causes of the fracas, identify culprits ,as well as ensure their arrest.

The CP, however, did not mention the time-frame given to the Panel for the conclusion of its assignment.

He assured of the commitment of the service towards getting to the root of the matter.

The Source further reports that  ever since the removal of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, by the Kano State Government on May 23, 2024, and his supplanting with Emir Sanusi, peace and traditional harmony have taken complete flight from the ancient city owing to an ensuing power struggle between the two.

While Sanusi is occupying the city’s main palace, Bayero, whose late father was the 13th Emir, is holding out at the  mini palace in the Nasarawa GRA.

Both are presently locked in a fierce legal battle to determine the ultimate winner and loser. The consolidated suits are before the Supreme Court for final adjudication.