Sanusi’s Banishment: Lawyer Locked Up 24 Hours After Court Ruling

Nureni Jimoh, the counsel to the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, was on Wednesday locked up inside his office in Kano.

Gatekeepers News reports that Jimoh was locked up barely within 24 hours after securing the judgment for Sanusi who is to receive an apology and N10 million from Kano State Government that violated his fundamental human right.

Jimoh said he was locked up and could not come out from his office, saying he had notified the Director of State Security.

According to an anonymous source, the backlash of the All Progressives Congress (APC) judgment against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Sanusi judgment had begun.

“Nureni Jimoh, who is the lead counsel in the APC case and part of the legal team for Emir Sanusi, has been attacked by Kano State Government,” the source said.

Furthermore, the source disclosed that “a team of policemen and some staff of the Ministry of Land stormed the counsel’s office and locked him inside with a padlock.

“For now, the counsel and his staff cannot go in and out of the office, as the two access gates to his office have been padlocked and sealed.”

He, however, stated that the counsel remained mute and was preparing to get out of office by scaling the fence so as to leave the state for fear of further attack.

An official of the Ministry of Land told journalists that, “the Ministry sealed the building based on the directive from the Permanent Secretary.”

The official further disclosed that the Permanent Secretary directed them to remove the seal and unlock the premises.

However, many occupants of the office said the people who came to seal off the main building came along with fully armed security operatives.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Haruna Kiyawa, said, “From investigations and interviews conducted with some of the occupants of the office, they said no police were among those that came to seal off the office.”