DESPITE the ruling of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Thursday, June 20, setting aside the repealing the Kano Emirates Council Law, the state government has ordered deposed, now reinstated Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, to vacate Nasarawa mini palace.
The state government insisted that Muhammadu Sanusi 11 remained the Emir of Kano and ordered the state commissioner of Police to remove Bayero, from the Gidan Nassarawa mini palace to enable demolition of the building.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Baffa Bichi, gave the order while addressing journalists at Government House.
Dederi said Bayero should be removed from the property where he is allegedly trespassing, as government had already concluded arrangements for its general reconstruction and renovation with immediate effect.
He stated: “The Kano State Government acknowledges the ruling by the Federal High Court regarding the Kano Emirates Council (Repeal) Law, 2024 and views same as upholding the rule of law.
“By the ruling of the court, it has unequivocally reaffirmed the validity of the law passed by Kano State House of Assembly and assented to by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, on Thursday, May 23, 2024 by 5:10pm. This part of the judgement is very fundamental to the entire matter.
“Further implication of the ruling is that all actions done by the government before the emergence of the interim order of the honorable court are equally validated.
“This means that the abolishing of the five emirates created in 2019 is validated and the deposition of the five emirs is also sustained by the Federal High Court.
“By implication, this means that Muhammadu Sanusi II remains the emir of Kano. The Judge also granted our application for the stay of proceedings until the Court of Appeal deals with the appeal before it on jurisdiction.
“Happily, the signing of the law and the reinstatement of Sunusi II were done on May 23, 2024, before the emergence of the interim order, which was served on us on Monday, May 27, 2024.
“Following this court’s ruling, Kano State Government has directed the state commissioner of Police to remove the deposed emir of the eight metropolitan local governments from the government property where he is trespassing, as government has already concluded arrangements for the general reconstruction and renovation of the property, including the demolishing and reconstruction of the dilapidated wall fence, with immediate effect.”
