Sanusi vs Bayero: Court Takes Fresh Action on Kano Royal Tussle

• The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reversed its earlier order that withdrew the judgment reinstating Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano
• The court took cognisance of the record being transmitted to the Supreme Court and ordered all parties to exercise caution pending the apex court judgment
• Recall that the Kano royal tussle started with the removal of Aminu Ado-Bayero and the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II by the Kano state government

FCT, Abuja - The Court of Appeal in Abuja has relieved its earlier actions delivered against the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II over the Emirship tussle.

Subsequently, the Court of Appeal took cognisance of the transmission of the record before the Supreme Court and directed all concerned parties to exercise caution and wait for the judgment of the apex court on the appeals.

Latest court judgment on Kano royal tussle

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At the hearing to rule on the enforcement of its earlier judgment, the Kano state counsel, Ibrahim Wangida, notified the court of a notice of appeal, which was moved against a stay of execution, which was delivered on Friday, March 14, 2025.

According to The Guardian, the Kano counsel told the court that all needed legal actions had been put in place, which included the movement of the record to the Supreme Court. The transmission of the record of the appeal to the Supreme Court by implication and by decided authorities or judicial precedent operates as a stay of any action of ruling of the Court of Appeal of March 14, 2025.

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Court on Sanusi's reinstatement

Recall that Justice Okon Abang, on March 14, ordered a stay of execution of its earlier judgment that validated the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano.

Dissatisfied with the ruling of Justice Abang, counsel to the Kano State Government, Wangida, faulted the ruling, which he considered a gross error of provisions of the Constitution, saying the appeal was already filed before the Supreme Court.

Responding to the notice of the application, counsel to the appellant, Abdul Fagge, who did not object to the notice, told the court the respondent acted within the constitutional provision.

The Kano royal tussle has been on since the Kano state government reviewed the chieftaincy law in the state, which subsequently led to the removal of Aminu Ado-Bayero and the reinstatement of Sanusi.

Northern journalist points accusing finger at Tinubu

​Meanwhile, Jaafar Jaafar, a prominent northern journalist, recently insinuated that President Bola Tinubu has a hand in the Kano emirate tussle. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Jaafar stated:

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"The more Tinubu foments crisis in Kano, the lower his vestige of support sinks. This is NOT politics but clear disdain for the good people of Kano State. He sees Kano people as cannon fodder to be sacrificed for his political gains.

"Already, Tinubu’s draconian economic policies have earned him the charisma of air turbulence. And in his warped thinking, stoking the fire of the emirate crisis will make voters in Kano Central forget the hardship they are facing to support him.

"But gone are the days when emirs dictated people’s conscience. Neither Sanusi nor Bayero can determine how people will vote. In fact they can not even dictate how their servants will vote."

Farooq A. Kperogi, a professor of journalism based in the United States, also echoes Jaafar's sentiment when he described Ado Bayero and Sanusi as federal and state Kano emirs, respectively.

"In Kano, we now have two emirs, a federal emir and a state emir," Kperogi wrote in one of his op-eds on the royal crisis.

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Kano politics get tough over APC, NNPP

Legit.ng earlier reported that an APC group in Kano has disclosed that the leading opposition in the state would form a shadow government to scrutinise Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's administration.

APC Patriotic Volunteers disclosed during its meeting in Kano to update members about its activities on Saturday, February 15.

A shadow government is also referred to as the invisible government or cryptocracy, It is the view that the actual political power does not reside solely with the elected official.

Article updated with the comments of Journalist Jaafar Jaafar and Professor Farooq A. Kperogi on the Kano emirate crisis by head of politics/CA desk, Nurudeen Lawal.

Source: Legit.ng