The Kano State High Court has ordered the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, and the four other dethroned first-class emirs to hand over all the emirate‘s traditional royal artefacts to the state government or the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, with immediate effect. The court, presided by Justice Amina Aliyu, gave the verdict on Monday.
The Government of Kano State had filed a suit asking the State High Court to stop the 15th emir of Kano (Bayero), who was sacked alongside the four other first-class emirs, to stop reclaiming their former positions.
The court on Monday agreed with the plaintiff that the deposed monarchs are no longer emirs in Kano, having agreed that Muhammadu Sanusi II is the substantive emir of Kano.
The judge held that the new Emirate Council (Repealed) Law 2024 reenacted by the Kano State House of Assembly was done according to the Law as enshrined in Section 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
She also ruled that Governor Abba Yusuf gave assent to the emirate law perfectly according to the Constitution of Nigeria.
However, Justice Amina Aliyu, in her judgement, ruled that the issue of evicting the deposed emir, Aminu Bayero, from the Nassarawa Palace where he currently stays, is “a Rent Tribunal matter.”
