BREAKING: Court Orders Bayero To Hand Over Emirate’s Artefacts to Kano Govt, Emir Sanusi
- Kano state high court has issued a fresh order against the 15th emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and the four other dethroned emirs
- Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu ordered Bayero and other emirs to surrender all movable and immovable properties belonging to the Emirate Council to the Kano state government
- The court also barred the dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs in Kano
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Kano state high court has ordered the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and the four other dethroned emirs to hand over all the emirate‘s traditional royal artefacts to the Kano state government or the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, with immediate effect.
The court also restrained Bayero and the dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs in Kano.
Source: UGC
As reported by The Nation, Justice Amina Aliyu gave the ruling on Monday, July 15 following a suit filed by the Kano government asking the court to stop Bayero and four other emirs from reclaiming their former positions.
Justice Aliyu restrained Bayero and all the sacked emirs, whosoever by themselves, servants, privies, and any other persons appointed by them, from parading themselves as emirs.
The state government also gave the deposed emirs 48 hours from the time of their dethronement to vacate their respective palaces.
The court ordered the emirs to surrender all movable and immovable properties belonging to the Kano State Emirate Council to the state government, Channels Television reports.
The judge held that the new Emirate Council (Repealed) Law 2024 was done according to the Law enshrined in Section 4 of the Constitution of Nigeria, and Governor Abba Yusuf gave assent to the emirate law perfectly.
Kwankwaso explains why Sanusi was reinstated as Emir
In a similar development, Legit.ng reported that the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, explained why Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was reinstated as the Emir of Kano.
Kwankwaso said Sanusi was reinstated as the Emir of Kano as fulfilment of the NNPP campaign promises.
He said it was the position and belief of the NNPP that Kano should continue as one solid traditional institution.
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