Kano High Court has set June 24, 2024, for the hearing of a motion ex-parte aiming to restrain the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, and the Emirs of Gaya, Karaye, Rano, and Bichi from presenting themselves as Emirs.
The decision followed arguments heard by Justice Amina Aliyu on whether the defendants had been served with the order.
The suit was filed by the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly. It seeks to prevent the Emirs from fulfilling their traditional roles.
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The defendants include Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, Alhaji Nasiru Bayero, Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar II, Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Gaya, as well as the Inspector General of Police, the Director of the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Nigerian Army.
Justice Aliyu ordered the Commissioner of Police to take control of Aminu Bayero’s palace and evict him, with the order to be served through the Commissioner’s office. However, the hearing was delayed because the defendants had not been served.
The current crisis in the Kano Emirate began with the dethronement of Emir Aminu Bayero and four other first-class emirs: Rano, Gaya, Bichi, and Karaye.
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Grassroots Parrot reported Bayero’s dethronement and the reinstatement of Lamido Sanusi as Emir followed the repeal of the law used by former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to depose and exile Sanusi in 2020.
Sanusi, the 16th Emir of Kano, was removed by Ganduje’s administration for alleged insubordination and exiled to Awe in Nasarawa State.
Following these events, the Kano State House of Assembly, controlled by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), passed the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024, dissolving the five emirate councils created by Ganduje.
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During the resumed hearing on Tuesday, security was heightened around the court premises, with Department of State Services (DSS) operatives positioned to maintain order.