Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Emir of Kano
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has granted an ex-parte order stopping Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II pending the determination of a substantive suit filed against the reinstatement.
The order also kicked against the abolishment of four emirates: Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano.
Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate.
Court papers regarding the case have since gone viral.
The reinstatement was consequent upon a bill earlier passed by the State House of Assembly on Thursday.
Recall that the Kano State House of Assembly, on Thursday, dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state
The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of the House during plenary.
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, reappointed Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, four years after he was dethroned by a former governor of the state, Umar Ganduje.
In addition, the governor deposed five emirs appointed by Ganduje and gave them a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate their official residences and palaces.
He also directed them to hand over all affairs to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
In the latest lawsuit concerning the Emir’s seat, the news agency reports that the respondents in the fundamental rights case are the Kano State Government, the House of Assembly, the Speaker, the Attorney-General, the Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the State Security Service.
