BREAKING: Sanusi’s lawyer kicks: Banishment, archaic, illegal

The legal team of the deposed Emir of Kano State, Muhammadu Sanusi, has tackled the Kano State Government over his deposition and banishment.
The lead lawyer Abubakar Mahoud asked the security operatives to release him immediately or face a legal action.
He said at an ongoing press briefing in Kano that Sanusi was being subjected to torture, saying there was commotion during the process of taking him away.
Below are highlights of the lawyers’ submission:
There was commotion in private wing of the palace when Sanus was being deposed and taken away.
There was scuffle and the police shot tear gas when they wanted to get into a private place the palace.
Normalcy was restored, security operatives relaxed.
The Emir accepted the deposition letter, acknowledged it personally.
We requested to know if the Emir was under arrest.
The commissioner of police that Emir was not under arrest.
We told him unconstitutional to take hm to Nasarawa.
Security, commissioner refused and took him away.
He was driven seven hours to get to Nasarawa.
We have not spoken t Emir since yesterday.
The location was to cause trauma and stress, and
This action is illegal and unconstutional.
The archaic practice has no basis under Nigerian law or constitution.
Illegality.
Court of Appeal has ruled that banishment is illegal in the case of former monarch Mustapha Jokolo.
We call on authoririties, police, DSS, to ensure immediate release of the former Emir.
Call on well-meaning Nigerians to ensure Emir regain freedom.
Unless he is released immediately, we will take a legal action.