Nigeria, April 5 -- The police have invited the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to Abuja, the nation's capital, over an alleged murder during the last Sunday's sallah festivities in Kano.

The police in Kano had earlier said they were probing the killing of a man during the procession on Sunday.

The violence occurred after Emir Sanusi returned home from Eid prayers. He went to the Eid prayer ground on foot, but returned to the palace riding a horse.

The police had invited the emir's aide Wada Isyaku, who holds the title of 'Shamakin Kano', over alleged violation of a ban on durbar, usually held to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

The police and other security agencies in the state had banned the event, "in pursuit of saf...