JUST IN: Court Sets Aside Law Used In Dethroning Emir Bayero, Others

A Federal High Court in Kano has set aside all steps taken by the government of Kano state to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law.

The Kano House of Assembly had invalidated the law, after which Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf implemented it by dethroning Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano.

Governor Yusuf also reversed the creation of four emirates, Bichi, Rano Karaye, and Gaya, and sacked the Emirs appointed by Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his predecessor.

The law was also relied upon to reinstate the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, dethroned by former governor Ganduje in 2020, as the 16th Emir of Kano.

But a kingmaker in the former Kano emirate, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, challenged the essence of the law and prayed the court, through his counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu (SAN), to declare it null and void.

Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, in his ruling on Thursday, set aside the action of the Kano government, ordering parties to maintain the status quo.

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