{"id":168751,"date":"2025-07-08T10:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:02:47","slug":"kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack","title":{"rendered":"Kano CSOs Alarm Over Police Silence on Palace Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Barely 24 hours after an alleged attack on the Kano Emir\u2019s Palace known as Gidan Rumfa, some civil society organizations have expressed deep concern over what they describe as the \u201csuspicious silence\u201d of the police on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly happened on Sunday evening when the dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, was returning from a condolence visit to the home of late business tycoon, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata.<\/p>\n<p>The former Emir\u2019s convoy allegedly passed in front of the palace at Kofar Kudu, deviating from the usual route to his personal residence in Mandawari.<\/p>\n<p>Civil Society groups, led by One KANO Agenda, said the palace was attacked during this time by individuals believed to be part of the dethroned Emir\u2019s convoy.<\/p>\n<p>They called on the police to speak up and clarify what really happened.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement on Monday, the CSOs said the silence of the police on such a serious issue could endanger the peace of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe find it strange and disturbing that up till now, the police have not issued any statement on the attack on Gidan Rumfa. Their silence is suspicious and raises concerns about possible complicity or negligence,\u201dthe group said.<\/p>\n<p>The group warned that failure to address such issues transparently could plunge the state into avoidable tension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Barely 24 hours after an alleged attack on the Kano Emir\u2019s Palace known as Gidan Rumfa, some civil society organizations have expressed deep concern over what they describe as the \u201csuspicious silence\u201d of the police on the matter. The incident reportedly happened on Sunday evening when the dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17963,254,165],"class_list":["post-168751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kano-csos","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kano CSOs Alarm Over Police Silence on Palace Attack - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barely 24 hours after an alleged attack on the Kano Emir\u2019s Palace known as Gidan Rumfa, some civil society organizations ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano CSOs Alarm Over Police Silence on Palace Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barely 24 hours after an alleged attack on the Kano Emir\u2019s Palace known as Gidan Rumfa, some civil society organizations ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T09:55:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T11:02:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751960058.017378.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano CSOs Alarm Over Police Silence on Palace Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T09:55:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T11:02:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751960058.017378.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano CSOs\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-csos-alarm-over-police-silence-on-palace-attack\",\"name\":\"Kano CSOs Alarm Over Police Silence on Palace Attack - 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