A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an order stopping the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law.
Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate.
Court papers regarding the case have since gone viral.
Kano State House of Assembly, on Thursday, dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state,
The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to consultations on the floor of the House amid plenary.
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, reappointed Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, four years after he was dethroned by a former governor of the state, Umar Ganduje.
In addition, the governor removed five emirs appointed by Ganduje and gave them a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate their official homes and palaces.
He also coordinated them to hand over all affairs to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
In the most recent claim concerning the Emir’s seat, the news office reports that the respondents in the fundamental rights case are the Kano State Government, the House of Assembly, the Speaker, the Attorney-General, the Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the State Security Service.
Meanwhile, the court ordered that all court processes be served on the IGP in Abuja.
The judge ruled, “That parties are hereby ordered to maintain status quo stake the entry and consent of the charge into law pending the hearing of the crucial rights application.
“That is the see of the sacred and jurisdictional issues clear on the confront of the application, parties should address the court on same at the hearing of the crucial rights application which is settled for the 3rd of June, 2024.
“That is arranged to keep up the peace and security of the state, an intervals directive of this Good Court is allowed limiting the fifth to eight respondents (CP, IGP, NSCDC, and DSS) from upholding, executing, executing and operationalizing the Kano State Emirate Chamber (Revoke) Law.
“That parties are therefore requested to keep up the status quo bet the section and consent of the charge into law pending the hearing of the Principal Rights application.
“That this case is suspended to the 3rd day of June 2024, for hearing of the essential rights application.”
“Status quo ante” alludes to the already existing state of affairs.
The revoked law, known as the Kano State Emirs (Arrangement and Testimony) Law, had made Rano, Karaye, Gaya, and Bichi Emirates expand to Kano.
The law’s cancellation implies that the recently made emirates have been broken up, solidifying the Kano Emirate once more beneath a single ruler
