A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the Police to evict the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from the Emir’s Palace in Kofar Kudu area of Kano metropolis of Kano State.
In an ex-parte motion filed by the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, on Tuesday, Justice S. A. Amobeda, also ordered the police to ensure all rights and privileges due to Emir Bayero were given to him.
The judge, who granted the order after hearing from M.L. Yusufari, SAN, appearing with Abdul Muhammad, SAN, Abdul Adamu Fagge, Esq, Abdulrazak A. Ahmad, Esq, and Bashiru Ibrahim, Esq, who are counsels for the applicant, said the move was in the interest of justice and the maintenance of peace in Kano State.
The order conflicts with a similar one issued against Emir Bayero on Monday by a Kano State High Court.
Kano has been enveloped by unrest after the Kano State House of Assembly to repeal the law that led to the creation of four more emirates in the state and the appointment of Aminu Bayero as Emir of Kano.
In assenting to the bill, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Sanusi II who was deposed four years ago.
But on May 23, the Federal High Court in Kano ordered the Kano State government not to enforce the new Emirate Council Law 2024, an order that was ignored by Governor Abba Yusuf-led state government.
Bayero returned to Kano from a trip to Ogun State on Saturday morning and moved into a mini palace in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State, while Sanusi II took over the main palace at Kofar Kudu.
The development prompted the Kano State governor to order Bayero’s arrest, but the police said they would abide by the earlier Federal High Court’s order, which put a hold the implementation of the amended Kano Emirate law 2024.
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