The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered a fresh hearing in the legal battle over the disputed Kano Emirate involving Alhaji Ado Bayero and Muhammadu Sanusi.
The Appellate Court, in a judgment delivered on Friday, held
that Sanusi was denied fair hearing due to the shoddy manner in which a Kano
High Court conducted proceedings against him.
Justice Mohammed Mustapha, who delivered the lead judgement,
stated that the Kano High Court was unfair to Sanusi by conducting proceedings
without serving him a hearing notice to enable him to present his case.
Justice Mustapha held that all courts of law are bound to
ensure justice for all parties by giving them equal opportunities, adding that
the conduct of the proceedings against Sanusi amounted to a travesty of
justice.
Specifically, the Appellate Court held that Sanusi ought to
have been served with a hearing notice to allow him to present his grievances
before judgment was delivered against him in what it described as a shoddy
arrangement.
The Court of Appeal, therefore, ordered that the case be
remitted to the Chief Judge of the Kano State High Court to be reassigned to
another judge for expeditious determination.
Justice Mustapha did not award costs against the respondents
in the appeal filed by Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.
Details later.
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