*Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of the Kano High Court issues an order directing the Nigeria Police to evict deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the 鈥榤ini palace鈥�, located in Nasarawa area of Kano City, stating the court order also affects four other Emirs in the dissolved Emirates of Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye in the state

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As the festering royal crisis besetting the ancient Kano City worsens by the day, a Kano High Court Monday, May 27, 2024, ordered deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero to stop parading from himself as the 15th Emir of Kano.

绿帽献妻 reports Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, who presided, gave the order Monday, in Kano State, also directed the Nigeria Police to evict Emir Bayero from the 鈥渕ini palace鈥� located along the State Road in the ancient city.

Deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero also receiving District Heads in the Nasarawa ‘mini palace’, in Kano聽 聽 聽 Photo: The Cable

The court, however, ruled that the Monday鈥檚 order is effective until June 11 this year, when the substantive motion would be heard.

On importance of maintaining the rule of law in Kano State

Justice Aliyu also stressed the importance of maintaining the rule of law in the Northern state.

鈥淭his court will ensure that its orders are respected and upheld until the substantive motion is heard,鈥� his Lordship stated.

It is also noted that the Monday court order also affects four other traditional rulers in the dissolved Emirates.

The order yet restrains Nasiru Ado Bayero, Ibrahim Abubakar II, Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa and Aliyu Ibrahim Gaya from parading themselves as Emirs of Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye Emirates respectively.

The defendants in this suit include Ado Bayero, Ibrahim Abubakar II,聽 Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, Aliyu Ibrahim Gaya, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigerian Army (NA).

The plaintiffs are the Attorney-General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly.

Amid the confusing atmosphere laced with uncertainty in Kano, a Federal High Court earlier had ruled last Thursday against the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano, and also suspended the law establishing the dissolved five emirates in the state.

Commenting on the development, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, however, said that the ruling restraining the return of Sanusi II to the throne as the Emir of Kano could not stand in view of the realities on the ground in the state.

The governor also contended that the judge who issued the order was in the United States (US).

Yusuf also vowed to report the matter to the Nigeria Governors鈥� Forum (NGF).

He has insisted as far as the new law dissolving the five controversial Emirates in Kano is concerned that 鈥渢here is nothing stopping the recognition of Muhammadu Sanusi II as (the) Emir of Kano.鈥�

In regard to the initial court ruling, and in defiance of the order restraining him from mounting the throne as the Emir of Kano again, Sanusi II heroically moved into the Emir鈥檚 palace Friday, and commenced his duties as the Emir of Kano.

Pronto, deposed Emir Bayero, who was out of town at the time he was deposed last week, returned to Kano last Saturday, and was escorted under heavy security to a mini palace at Nasarawa, located along the State Road in the city.

However, Governor Yusuf immediately, ordered Bayero鈥檚 arrest for 鈥渄isturbing the peace鈥�.

Subsequently, protests from Bayero鈥檚 supporters erupted across Kano Sunday, according to reports.

Like Sanusi, Bayero receives District Heads in Nasarawa palace

In a related development, Aminu Ado Bayero, deposed Emir of Kano, is reported to have received District Heads, also known as 鈥淗akimis鈥�, inside the Nasarawa palace, in Kano.

It was gathered Muhammadu Sanusi II, the reinstated Emir of Kano, also had earlier played host to the District Heads Sunday, May 26, in his palace.

However, the District Heads, who later paid homage to Bayero are reportedly not loyal to Emir Sanusi II.

As the situation remains tense in Kano amid the continued legal fireworks on who occupies the Kano Emir鈥檚 Palace, all eyes are on June 11 substantive hearing.

Muhammad Gumel, Commissioner of Police (CP) in Kano State, alongside other security chiefs, yet has asserted assured the citizens of enforcing the court orders.

CP Gumel reportedly said: 鈥淭he order of the court restraining Sanusi as Emir will be followed to the letter.鈥�

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