Kano State High Court 17 has restrained Aminu Ado Bayero and four other dethroned Emirs, of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Ƙaraye from parading themselves as Emirs.
Delivering the judgment yesterday, the Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, further restrained the 15th Emir of Kano and four other Emirs, servants, privies and any other persons appointed by them from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, Ƙaraye.
The Kano State government had filed a case asking the State High court to stop the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and four other Emirs from parading themselves as Emirs.
The Government also gave the Deposed Emirs 48 hours within which to vacate their respective Palaces after being deposed.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, while delivering the judgement, said the issue of evicting the deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero from his Nassarawa palace is a Rent Tribunal matter and therefore should not be before her court.
In her judgement, the judge directed the Deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero and four others to quickly hand over all the Emirate Traditional Royal Artifacts to the Government and the substantive Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
Justice Aliyu also said the State Assembly Emirate Council Repealed Law 2024, was done according to the law as enshrined in section 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
She then ruled that the State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf’s assent to the law is also done perfectly according to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Recall that the judge had on July 4 adjourned the matter to rule on application for extension of time ,notice of preliminary objection, joinder application and application for the judge to recuse herself, to July 18