On Monday, May 27, 2024, the Kano State High Court issued an order restraining the newly dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and four others from parading themselves as monarchs in the state.
The order was granted by Justice Aisha Adamu Aliyu following an ex parte motion filed by the state government.
The court’s decision mandates that all dethroned emirs cease acting in their official capacities and vacate their palaces immediately.
Additionally, the Commissioner of Police in Kano has been instructed to take over the palace currently occupied by Ado Bayero and ensure his eviction.
The respondents in this case include the deposed Emirs of Karaye, Gaya, Bichi, Rano, Kano, as well as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Army.
The applicants are the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly.
This judicial action follows Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s decision to sack Ado Bayero and four other emirs in the state.
The governor subsequently reinstated Muhammad Sanusi II, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the 16th Emir of Kano.
The court ruling reads:
“That an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th & 5th Defendants either by themselves, servants, privies, and or any other persons or officers serving under them or acting in connection with any other person from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the Applicants.
“That an order is hereby granted to the extent that the Commissioner of Police Kano State should immediately take over the palace of the Emir of Kano situate being and lying at State Road Kano and evict the 1st Defendant/Respondent from the said palace pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice dated 24th May, 2024.
“That an order of this Hon. Court is hereby granted restraining the 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th & 5th Defendants from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye in the interest of peace in Kano pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
“That an order is hereby made that 1st 5th Defendants be served through the office of the Commissioner Police, Kano State who is to ensure immediate implementation of the order of the Hon. Court in the interest of justice.
“That the motion on notice dated 24/05/2024 is adjourned to 11th June, 2024 for hearing.”
