A high court in Kano, on Monday, issued an order barring Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, from parading himself as the emir of Kano. The order also tasked the police to eject him from the Palace where he has been holed up for a few days.
The presiding judge, Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, who gave the order said it will be in place till June 11th, 2024, when the matter will be brought up for determination.
This latest saga follows an earlier order which had barred the reinstated Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from parading himself as emir and urged all parties to maintain status quo. An order which the state’s commissioner of police, Muhammed Gumel, promised to uphold. “The order of the court restraining Sanusi as Emir will be followed to the letter,” the commissioner had said.
The order, however, was challenged by the state governor, Abba Yusuf, who alleged that the judge who purportedly signed it was currently on vacation abroad and promised to fight it. “There is nothing stopping the recognition of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano,” the governor vowed.
The 15th Emir, Ado Bayero, returned to Kano a day after Sanusi was reinstated and had been holed up in a section of the palace.
This new order appears to have put all that chaos to rest, at least, temporarily, as it also barred the 4 other emirs Nasiru Ado Bayero, Ibrahim Abubakar II, Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, and Aliyu Ibrahim Gaya who were installed alongside Ado Bayero from parading themselves as emirs of Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye respectively.
The defendants in this suit include Ado Bayero, Ibrahim Abubakar II, Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, Aliyu Ibrahim Gaya, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Nigerian Army. The plaintiffs are the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly.
Justice Aliyu, in her delivery, emphasised the importance of maintaining the rule of law, stating, “This court will ensure that its orders are respected and upheld until the substantive motion is heard.”
