BREAKING: Hand over emirate‘s artefacts to Kano govt, Sanusi, court tells Bayero
Kano State High Court 17, on Monday, July 15, ordered the deposed emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, and the four other dethroned first-class emirs to hand over all the emirate‘s traditional royal artefacts to the state government and or the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, with immediate effect.
The court, presided by Justice Amina Aliyu, also restrained Bayero and the dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs in Kano.
The court further restrained Bayero and all the sacked emirs whosoever by themselves, servants, privies, and any other persons appointed by them, from parading themselves as emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye.
The Kano State government had filed a suitcase asking the State High Court to stop the 15th emir of Kano (Bayero), who was sacked alongside the four other first-class emirs, to stop reclaiming their former positions.
The state government had also given the deposed emirs 48 hours to vacate their respective palaces from the time of their dethronement.
The court on Monday agreed with the plaintiff that the deposed monarchs are no longer emirs in Kano, having agreed that Muhammadu Sanusi II is the substantive emir of Kano.
The judge held that the new Emirate Council (Repealed) Law 2024 reenacted by the Kano State House of Assembly was done according to the Law as enshrined in Section 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
She also ruled that Governor Abba Yusuf gave assent to the emirate law perfectly according to the Constitution of Nigeria.
However, Justice Amina Aliyu, in her judgement, ruled that the issue of evicting the deposed emir, Aminu Bayero, from the Nassarawa Palace where he currently stays, is “a Rent Tribunal matter.”
Recall that Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Yusuf signed into law the Kano Emirate Council Bill (2024), after repealing the Kano Emirate Law (2019) which created four additional emirates of Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano, bringing the emirates to five across Kano state.
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The creation of five emirates by the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje was later followed by the dethronement and banishment of the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.
The development saw the appointment of Aminu Bayero as the 15th emir of Kano and chairman of the five emirates council.
However, with the sack of the five emirs and abolishment of Bichi, Rano, Karaye, and Gaya emirates by the new law which recognises a mono (united) Kano emirate, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated the former CBN governor Lamido Sanusi, also known as Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the 16th Emir of Kano.
However, deposed Emir Aminu Bayero and others are challenging the state government’s action at the Federal High Court.:
