Nigeria: Why Sanusi Is Operating Outside Kano Emir's Palace

He said the presence of the police within the emir's palace area is to safeguard it against protesters.

He added that most of the emirs in the past, including the immediate past emir, Ado Bayero, took sometime before they went into the palace.

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