The Federal High Court, Kano, has nullified the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido as Emir of Kano
Justice Abdullahi Liman delivered the ruling in an application filed by a Kano kingmaker, Alhaji Aminu Babba-Dan’agundi and overturned all the actions taken by Governor Abba Yusuf following the May 23 amendment of the Kano State Emirate Law by the state House of Assembly.
In the motion filed on May 23, Babba-Dan’agundi asked the court to restrain the Kano State government from implementing the Kano State Emirate (Repeal) Law 2024.
The law had repealed the 2019 Emirate Council law that established five emirates from the original Kano Emirate.
After the repeal of the law, Kano State Government reinstated Sanusi who was dethroned by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje in March 2020.
Dissatisfied with the development, Babba-Dangundi went to court to reverse the removal of Aminu Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano.
The Kano State government, the Assembly, the Speaker of the Assembly, the state Attorney-General and the Commissioner of Police were listed as respondents in the suit.
Others were Inspector- General of Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Department of State Security Service (DSS).
Justice Liman in his ruling faulted the decision of the governor to sign the bill and his presentation of an appointment letter to Sanusi despite a court order directing all parties to maintain the status quo.
He stated that the crisis in the state could have been forestalled if the state government complied with the court order which would still have permitted them to carry out their assignments.