The former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and the leader of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria has revealed how former military head of State and commander-in-chief of Nigerian Armed Forces, Sani Abacha detained him in Sokoto prison.
Sanusi revealed this at an event to mark his 60th birthday.
At the event, where HHMS11 SDG challenge, a United Nations initiative which he chairs the advisory council, was launched, Sanusi said he was accused of being a threat to national security at the time.
He also made some interesting revelation about his life.
“Not many people know that between June 1995 and June 1996, I was in Sokoto prison as a threat to national security under General Abacha,” he said.
“Many of the articles in this book started after that experiment.”
