A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the eviction of the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from Gidan Rumfa Palace.
This follows the recent political developments in Kano’s traditional leadership structure.
The court also instructed the police to ensure that all rights and privileges due to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, are granted to him. This decision comes after Emir Bayero was deposed last week following the passage and assent of an amended Kano Emirate Council bill into law by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The presiding judge, Justice S. A. Amobeda, issued the ex parte order on Tuesday, emphasizing that it was made in the interest of justice and to maintain peace in Kano. The order included several key points:
“An order of interim injunction restraining the Respondents either by themselves, their agents, servants, privies or any other person or authority from inviting, arresting, detaining, threatening, intimidating, harassing the Applicant, raiding, tampering with;
“…or visiting the Applicant’s in order to arrest or infringe on his right or in any other way infringe or attempt to infringe the Applicant’s rights pending the hearing and determination of the Originating Motion.”
Additionally, the order stated:
“An order restraining the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Respondents and all other Respondents from denying the applicant the use of his official residence and palace at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu;
“…as well as enjoyment of all rights and privileges accrued to him by virtue of being Emir of Kano State and to evicting anything, anybody residing within the palace illegally pending the hearing and the determination of the originating summons.”
The court has adjourned the suit to June 4, 2024, for hearing.
This legal action follows a conflicting order from a state high court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, which had previously granted an order restraining the eviction of Emir Sanusi II.
