Palace officials sue Emir Sanusi II, others over eviction

Officials sue Kano Emir Sanusi over eviction from palace

The court has ordered the parties to maintain the status quo ante, a legal order suspending further actions until the matter is resolved. The post Officials sue Kano Emir Sanusi over eviction from palace appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Palace officials sue Emir Sanusi II, others over eviction

Nine senior palace officials have filed a lawsuit against the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and 12 others over alleged illegal eviction and demolition of their residences within the palace. The suit, numbered K/M1607/2025, is before Justice Musa Ahmad of the Bichi Judicial Division, Kano State. The applicants—led by Usman Dako, Galadiman Sallama include other titleholders and palace servants, accusing the Emir and the Kano Emirate Coun…

Nigeria’s Maroko eviction remembered: a brutal legacy lives on

Thirty-five years ago in mid-July, bulldozers demolished the homes, hopes and aspirations of over 300,000 people in the low income community of Maroko, in Lagos, Nigeria. This remains Nigeria’s biggest forced eviction to date – the complete annihilation of about 30 neighbourhoods at one time. The evictions were framed as an attempt to improve people’s living conditions and minimise exposure to flooding. But hundreds of thousands of people were l…