{"id":168757,"date":"2025-07-08T10:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:03:14","slug":"kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack","title":{"rendered":"Kano Emirate Tussle: Emir Sanusi&#8217;s Palace Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has alleged attack on his palace gate by supporters of the deposed 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi alleged that Bayero\u2019s supporters removed one of his palace gates during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Kano Emirate Media Team, signed by Sadam Yakasai, said Aminu\u2019s supporters struck the Kofar-Kudu palace, where Sanusi resides.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said: \u201cThey broke the gate and attacked the guards, injuring some of them. They smashed the police vehicles in the palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAminu deliberately passed through the emir\u2019s palace road instead of taking the proper route from Koki to Nassarawa, and his hoodlums decided to attack Gidan Rumfa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the first time he has passed through the area. He had done that previously after he visited his Mandawari residence. He did that to intimidate the people of the area.\u201d<\/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. Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has alleged attack on his palace gate by supporters of the deposed 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. Sanusi alleged that Bayero\u2019s supporters removed one of his palace gates during the attack. A statement by the Kano Emirate Media Team, signed by Sadam Yakasai, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13633,10516,13667,254],"class_list":["post-168757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bayero","tag-emir-sanusi","tag-kano-emirate-tussle","tag-nigeria"],"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 Emirate Tussle: Emir Sanusi&#039;s Palace Attack - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has alleged attack on his palace gate by supporters of the deposed 15th Emir of Kano, ...\" \/>\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-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano Emirate Tussle: Emir Sanusi&#039;s Palace Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has alleged attack on his palace gate by supporters of the deposed 15th Emir of Kano, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T09:56:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T11:03:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751960086.448835.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\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-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano Emirate Tussle: Emir Sanusi&#8217;s Palace Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T09:56:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T11:03:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751960086.448835.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bayero\",\"emir sanusi\",\"Kano Emirate tussle\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-emirate-tussle-emir-sanusis-palace-attack\",\"name\":\"Kano Emirate Tussle: Emir Sanusi's Palace Attack - 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