Kingmakers in the Kano emirate
have filed a case against Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, for
splitting the emirate.
In the suit with number
K/197/2019 filed on Tuesday at a state high court, Ganduje, the state house of
assembly, attorney-general of the state and five others were listed as the
defendants, while the kingmakers— Yusuf Nabahani (Madakin Kano), Abdullahi
Sarki Ibrahim (Makaman Kano), Bello Abubakar (Sarkin Dawaki man Tuta) and
Mukhtari Adnan (Sarikin Ban Kano)— were listed as first, second, third and
fourth plaintiffs respectively.
The kingmakers said the
governor’s assent to the bill breaking up the emirate was done in bad faith and
the action was a desecration of centuries old tradition.
They also asked the court to stop
the governor from deposing Sanusi or transferring him out of Kano emirate
without consulting them.
“The defendants, in purporting to
amend the Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law, 1984 have desecrated
centuries old and highly revered traditions and heritage of the people of Kano
and have uprooted the Plaintiffs various traditional titles without giving a
hearing to the Plaintiffs and their clans or having regards to ancestral
history by hurriedly enacting the Kano State Emirs law, 2019,” a copy of the
suit seen by TheCable read.
“The defendants desecrated the
ancestral history and all known laws connected with or pertaining to Kano
Emirate’s customs and tradition by: (a) establishing Bichi Emirate comprising
of 9 local governments including Dawakin Tofa and Dambatta, the ancestral homes
of the 1st and 4th plaintiffs. The first plaintiffs have her been under any
authority of Bichi district.
“(b) Establsihing Gaya Emirate
comprising 8 local governments including Wudil and Gabasawa, the ancestral
homes of the 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs.”
The kingmakers are seeking a
declaration that the passage of the law breaking the emirate was not for peace,
order and good governance of the state and therefore contrary to Section 4 (7)
of the 1999 constitution.
They are also seeking a
declaration that the the governor lacks the power under the existing “emirs
laws of Kano state, 1991 to appoint emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, Karaye or any
other person and that the appointments made are unconstitutional, illegal, null
and void”.
The kingmakers are asking the
court to give an order restraining the newly appointed monarchs from parading
themselves as emirs.
TheCable had reported how Ganduje
moved to depose Muhammad Sanusi II as the emir of Kano or reduce his influence.
Following the governor’s
approval, the state now has five emirates: Kano, Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi
and five emirs of equal jurisdiction.
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