The Kano State High Court 17, Monday July 15 2024 ordered the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, and the four other dethroned first class Emirs, to hand over all the emirate‘s traditional royal artefacts to the government or the reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II, with immediate effect.
Justice Amina Aliyu also restrained Bayero and the dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs in Kano.
The judge also held that the new Emirate Council (Repealed) Law 2024 reenacted by the House of Assembly was done according to the law as enshrined in Section 4 of the Constitution.
The judgement is on a suit filed by Kano State government asking the State High Court to stop the 15th Emir (Bayero), who was sacked alongside the four other first class emirs, from reclaiming their former positions.
The government also gave the deposed emirs 48 hours to vacate their palaces from the time of their dethronement.
The court in its judgement agreed with the plaintiff that the deposed monarchs are no longer emirs, having agreed that Muhammadu Sanusi II is the substantive Emir of Kano.
She also ruled that Governor Abba Yusuf gave assent to the emirate law perfectly according to the Constitution.
However, Justice Amina Aliyu ruled that the issue of evicting the deposed Aminu Bayero from the Nassarawa Palace where he currently stays is ‘a Rent Tribunal matter’.
Recall that Governor Abba Yusuf signed the Kano Emirate Council Bill (2024) into law after repealing the Kano Emirate Law (2019) which created four additional emirates of Bichi, Gaya, Karaye and Rano, bringing the emirates to five.
The creation of five emirates by the past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje was later followed by the dethronement and banishment of the 14th Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II.
Aminu Ado-Bayero was then installed as the 15th Emir and chairman of the five emirate council.
However, with the sack of the five emirs and abolishment of Bichi, Rano, Karaye and Gaya emirates by the new law which recognises a mono (united) Kano emirate, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano.
But the deposed Bayero and others are challenging the government’s action at the Federal High Court.
