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The deposed emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has regain his freedom after court victory and has left Awe, a town in Nasarawa where he was banished to after his dethronement.
Sanusi rides in the same vehicle as governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, who visited him after three days in detention.
A federal high court in Abuja had ordered the immediate release of Sanusi.
On Thursday, Lateef Fagbemi, a senior advocate of Nigeria, filed an exparte motion for the release of Muhammad Sanusi II from confinement in Awe.
Anwuli Chikere, the presiding judge, granted the prayers of Sanusi’s counsel, stating that the order for the release of the deposed emir be served the respondents to the application.
Sanusi arrived Awe on Tuesday, and has been in confinement since then, receiving state visitors and family members.
On Friday, he stepped out for the first time to lead prayers at the Awe Central Mosque, located within the palace of the emir of Awe.
