The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has halted the
enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State
government’s repeal of the 2019 Emirates Council Law, pending the Supreme
Court’s determination of an appeal on the same matter.
The ruling was delivered on Friday by a three-member panel
led by Justice Okon Abang.
The court granted a stay of execution, effectively
maintaining the status quo in the ongoing legal tussle over the Kano Emirate
dispute.
The appellate court had earlier set aside a June 20, 2024,
ruling by Justice Abubakar Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano, which
nullified the Kano State government’s dissolution of five emirates in the state
and the subsequent reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of
Kano.
The Court of Appeal then ruled that the lower court lacked
jurisdiction over the case.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, an injunction request was
filed by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi (Sarkin Dawaki Babba) against the Kano
State Government, the Speaker of the State Assembly, the Inspector General of
Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and other security
agencies.
Dan Agundi sought to restrain the respondents from enforcing
the appellate court’s judgment while awaiting the apex court’s decision.
However, in its unanimous decision, the Court of Appeal
agreed that the application had merit and granted the injunction.
Justice Abang stated, “The law is settled. The court is
enjoined to exercise its discretion judiciously and in the interest of
justice.”
The ruling ordered that all parties must maintain the
“status quo ante bellum,” preserving the situation as it was before the Federal
High Court’s judgment on June 13, 2024.
Justice Abang emphasized that the applicant, having served
as Emir for five years before his removal, had legal rights that required
protection until the Supreme Court delivers a final verdict.
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Before your advent of democracy, traditional matters were never issues of courts but since the coming of your nascent democracy, almost every thing is decided by your corrupt judicial system. This country is heading for a collusion.
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