Court restrains Kano anti-corruption commission from arresting Sanusi’s Chief of Staff

Relief has come the way of the Chief of Staff of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Munir Sanusi, and two others following a ruling by the Kano State High Court presided over by Justice S. B Namallam.

The presiding judge on Tuesday restrained the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission from arresting Alhaji Sanusi and two others and also ordered the commission to maintain the status quo pending the hearing of the motion on notice.

He therefore adjourned the case to June 13 for the hearing of the substantive application which should be served on all the parties.

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Chief Magistrate Mohammed Idris of a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, had earlier ordered the arrest of Alhaji Sanusi.

The three persons arrested were dragged before the court by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission for failing to honour its invitation in an alleged N4 billion fraud investigation against the Emir of Kano.

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