In a move being perceived by not a few observers of the lingering Kano Royal stool face off, as smacking of brazen and gross disregard for subsisting Court orders enjoining the maintenance of status quo ,the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Monday invited Emir Muhammad Sanusi as the Royal Father of the day at the opening ceremony of its Annual Conference holding in the Commercial city.
The Source reports that between May 23 and 27 four conflicting rulings two each from the Federal High Court and Kano State High Court had refrained parties under whatever guise from recognising as Emir of Kano the duo of Aminu Ado Bayero and Sanusi pending hearings and determination of the Motions on notice.
The two gladiators who are currently waiting for further judicial pronouncements to know their fate, have since been holding court at parallel palaces in Kano.
Two motions on notice before the duo of Justices Mohammed Liman and Amina Adamu Aliyu of Federal and State High Courts Kano ,scheduled for hearing June 3 and 4 respectively were stalled by the just suspended organized labour industrial dispute with the Federal Government.
In the eyes of the law ,until the motions are heard and restraining orders vacated by both Justices ,neither Bayero nor Sanusi is expected to be related to in their capacities as Emir of Kano.
But the invitation extended to Emir Sanusi by NBA ,a critical stakeholder, and partner in the protection and preservation of the sanctity of the judiciary and rule of law ,have appeared to many as a subtle undermining of the Country’s Judiciary.
At the NBA Annual gathering which is having in attendance ,the National President of the umbrella body of legal practitioners Yakubu Maikyau, President of the National Industrial Court ,Chief Judge of Kano state ,and other high profile legal experts, Emir Sanusi was represented by Mahe Bashir Wali ,(Walin Kano) ,a retired DIG .
Instructively, Emir Bayero was neither invited nor represented at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Monday.
However,while welcoming the NBA members to Kano, which he noted has a rich cultural heritage, Emir Sanusi described as apt the theme of the Conference “Administration of Justice in Nigeria: Challenges and Reforms .
He posited that peace will only flourish in an atmosphere of justice, which in turn will promote progress and development in the society
On his part , Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf ,expressed concern over the spate of conflicting court rulings on the kano Emirate crisis,even when the matter is an internal affairs of kano people.
Governor Yusuf represented by the Secretary to the State Government SSG,Abdullahi Bappa Bichi called on legal practitioners to always be firm, and bold to tell truth to power ,as well as their clients when ever cases are brought to them .
He, therefore, called for the respect of the rule of law by all concerned if we are to meaningful face the challenges of confronting administration of justice in the country.
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