Emirship crisis: Court restrains Ado Bayero, others to stop parading selves as Emirs

A Kano State High Court has granted a perpetual injunction restraining the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, and four other dethroned emirs from parading themselves as emirs.

The court also restrained the Police and other security agencies from violating, disobeying or tempering the Kano State Emirate (Repeal) Law 2024.

Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu delivered the judgement on Monday, holding that the Kano State House of Assembly had powers to amend and propose a bill for the peace and good governance of a state under section 4 rule 6,7(b) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

“The Kano State Governor has the right to assent the proposed bill to law after being passed by the state assembly,” she said.

The court also ordered the deposed emirs to surrender all movable and immovable properties in their possession that belong to the Kano State Emirate Council to the state government.

The respondents in the case include Ado-Bayero, Alhaji Nasiru Ado-Bayero, emir of Bichi, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar ll, emir of Karaye, Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad-Inuwa, emir of Rano, and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya, emir of Gaya.

The applicants in the case are the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly.

They had sought a court order restraining the deposed emirs from parading themselves as emirs, and the court granted their request.