A Kano State High Court has adjourned the hearing on the Kano Emirship Tussle case to July 4.
The case involves an application filed by the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly, represented by their counsel, Ibrahim Isah-Wangida Esq.
This motion ex parte, dated May 27, seeks to restrain the court, the 15th emir Aminu Ado-Bayero, and four other dethroned emirs—Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye—from presenting themselves as traditional rulers.
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The respondents include Aminu Ado-Bayero, Nasiru Ado-Bayero (Emir of Bichi), Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar II (Emir of Karaye), Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad-Inuwa (Emir of Rano), and Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya (Emir of Gaya). Other respondents are the Inspector-General of Police, Director of the State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Nigerian Army.
During the hearing, Counsel for the applicants, Eyitayo Fatogun SAN, informed the court that he received five processes from the first respondent on July 1 at about 6:30 p.m.
He requested a 30-minute stand down to serve the respondent with their responses. However, Counsel for Ado-Bayero, Abdul Muhammed SAN, opposed the request and sought an adjournment to reply and file all their applications.
Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu adjourned the matter to July 4 for hearing all pending applications and the originating motion.
On May 27, the court granted an interim injunction restraining the first five respondents from parading themselves as emirs in the interest of peace in Kano.
This follows the dissolution of all four newly created Emirate Councils by the State House of Assembly on May 23, and the reappointment of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano by Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
