In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing Kano Royal Stool face off, a Kano High Court, on Monday, May 27, 2024 issued a counter order restraining the Kano State deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero and four others from further parading, and/or presenting themselves as Emirs pending the hearing and determination of a motion filed by the Kano State Government.
Only on Thursday last week, Justice Mohammad Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano had issued an order restraining the Kano State Government from deposing the affected Emirs pending the determination of a motion on notice filed by Emir Ado Bayero
However, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf ignored the order and proceeded to depose the five Emirs shortly after signing into law a bill earlier passed by the State Legislators repealing the State’s 2019 Emirates Law which had balkanized the Kano Emirate into five .
The State Governor had also proceeded, based on the strength of the Kano State amended Emirates law 2024, to reinstate Emir Muhammad Sanusi who was earlier deposed by the immediate past Governor of the state Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in 2020 .
But for ignoring the restraining order ,Governor Yusuf’s directives to security agencies to give effect to the deposition of the five Emirs of Kano, Gaya, Rano, Bichi, and Karaye was ignored.
Muhammad Hussaini Gumel, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, leading other Heads of Security Agencies in the State said they will observe and respect the restraining order stopping the dethronement of the five Emirs as earlier directed by the Kano Federal High Court.
The parallel positions of the Kano State Government and security agencies had since resulted in Ado Bayero and Sanusi separately holding court as Emirs ,a development that has generated tension and anxiety.
Justice Liman had fixed June 3 2024 for hearing on the motion on notice filed by Emir Bayero against the Kano State Government.
Ruling on an ex parte motion filed by Bar, Ibrahim Isa Wangida ,on behalf of the Kano State Government, Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu of the kano state high court also directed the Nigeria police ,army and other relevant security agencies to enforce the restraining order on the deposed five Emirs ..
Justice Aliyu specifically ordered security agencies to evict Emir Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace where he has been holding court since his purported dethronement.
“That an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the 1st ,2nd ,3rd,4th,and 5th Defendants either by themselves, servants, privies and or any other persons or officers serving under them or acting in connection with any other persons from parading themselves as Emirs of kano, Bichi ,Gaya ,Rano ,and Karaye pending the determination of the motion on notice filed by the applicants.
“That an order is hereby granted to the extent that the Commissioner of Police kano state should immediately take over the palace of the Emir of Kano situate being and lying at state road kano and evict the 1st Defendant/Respondent ( Bayero) from the said palace pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice .
“That an order of this Hon.Court is hereby granted restraining the Bayero and other deposed Emirs from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano ,Bichi ,Gaya Rano and Karaye in the interest of peace in kano pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice .”
Hearing on the motion on of notice has been fixed for June 11 2024.
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