A federal high court in Kano has ordered the removal of Muhammad Sanusi II from the official residence of the Emir of Kano.
S.A. Amobeda, the presiding judge, granted an ex parte
motion filed by Aminu Ado Bayero, the dethroned Emir of Kano, and the applicant.
The order comes hours after a state high court restrained
Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano.
In the suit marked FHC/KN//CS/190/2024, seen on
Tuesday, Amobeda ordered Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police (IGP),
and Hussain Gumel, Kano commissioner of police, to ensure that all rights and
privileges of an Emir are given Ado Bayero.
“An order restraining
the 3rd, 4th, and 5th respondents and all other respondents from denying the
applicant to use his official residence and palace at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar
Kudu, as well as enjoyment of all rights and privileges accrued to him by
virtue of being Emir of Kano State, and to evicting anybody residing within the
palace illegally pending the hearing and the determination of the originating
summons,” the temporary injunction reads.
The judge also restrained the security agencies from
arresting Bayero pending the determination of the suit he filed.
The matter was adjourned until June 4 for a hearing.
Meanwhile, Amina Adamu Aliyu of Kano high court has
restrained the police and other security agencies from evicting Sanusi.
THE BATTLE
Trouble began when Sanusi was reinstated as Emir on Friday
by Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano.
Sanusi’s reinstatement followed the repeal of the law that
Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor of Kano, used to depose and exile him in
2020.
On May 23, a federal high court in Kano ordered the state
government not to enforce the Emirate Council Repeal Law 2024.
Bayero returned to Kano from a trip to Ogun on Saturday and
moved into a palace in Nassarawa LGA.
But the Kano governor ordered Bayero’s arrest “for creating
tension in the state”.
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