JUST IN: Court Sacks Sanusi Lamido II As Emir Of Kano

JUST IN: Court Sacks Sanusi Lamido II As Emir Of Kano

Federal High Court sitting in Kano has quashed the processes leading to re-enthronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II as Emir of Kano.

The presiding Judge Justice Abdullahi Muhammad ruled on Thursday that the status quo be maintained.

Recalled that following the royal tussle that has taken over 1000 years history of the ancient city, the 15th Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero and 4 other emirs were dethroned by the Emirates Council Law which was repealed and passed by Kano State House of Assembly.

With the new decision, the former Emirs are back to throne.

The four emirate councils the court restored are, Bichi, Rano, Karaye and Gaya, which were created by the immediate past governor of Kano, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje.

In another development, incumbent governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf dethroned Aminu Ado Bayero while implementing the Kano Emirate Councils repealed Act which was passed into law by the State House of Assembly.

The governor immediately reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido as the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi.

A kingmaker in the former Kano emirate, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had dragged the state government to court to challenge the propriety of the law and asked the court, through his counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu (SAN), to declare it not valid.