A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has annulled the Kano State Emirate Law 2024, which had abolished the five Emirates in Kano State.
The court declared null and void all measures taken by the Kano State Government to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law, which had led to the dethronement of the 15th Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, and four other emirs.
In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman ordered all parties to maintain the status quo, effectively reinstating the emirs and the original emirate structure.
Recall that the Kano House of Assembly had repealed the law enthroning the 15th Emir and establishment of additional four emirate councils – Bichi, Rano Karaye and Gaya, by the immediate past governor of the state, Dr, Abdullahi Ganduje.
The incumbent governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf had implemented the repealed law by dethroning Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano to reinstall the dethroned 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi.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 challenge the propriety of the law and asked the court, through his counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu (SAN), to declare it null and void.
