There is confusion in Kano state as two courts of coordinate jurisdiction gave two contradictory orders on the raging emirate crisis rocking the state.
Daily News 24 reports that while a federal high court issued an order for the eviction of Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, a state high court restrained the Police and order security agencies against arresting the monarch.
In the order issued by the federal high court, the Presiding Judge, Justice S. A. Amobeda directed the police to evict Emir Sanusi from the Palace at Kofar Kudu.
The court also ordered the Police to ensure all rights and privileges due to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero be given to him.
Justice A.S Amobede order stated that the ex parte order is made in the interest of justice and maintaince of peace in Kano state.
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The order states;
“ 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, tempering 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.
“AN ORDER restraining the 3″, 4* and 5th Respondents and all other Respondents from denying the applicant to use 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 suit has been adjourned to 4th of June for hearing.
On the other hand a State High Court presided by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu restrained the Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army from evicting or arresting Mr Sanusi and the kingmakers of the Kano emirate.
Daily News reports that the application was filed by Emir Sanusi and four kingmakers including Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani; Makaman Kano Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi; Sarkin Bai Mansur Adnan and Sarkin Dawaki Maituta Bello Tuta.
The state high court states:
“That an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the Respondents either by themselves, their agents, privies, representative, and assigns from further harassing, intimidating.inviting, arresting and or invading the personal or official residence of the Applicants (Gidan Rumfa), his servants and or any of the Kano Emirate kingmakers of doing such acts that would be capable of interfering with the Applicants’ rights generally in relation to this suit pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
“That an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the Respondents from attempting to hijack, pick, commandeer, confiscate any of twin spear of authority, the Royal Hat of Dabo, the Ostrich-feathered shoes, the knife and sword of the Emir of Kano as well as symbols of authority pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
“That it is further ordered that the Respondents are restraining from interfering with the functions, duties of the 1″ Applicant as the Emir of Kano pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice dated 28 May, 2024.”
Justice Aliyu adjourned the case to June 13, 2024, for hearing.
