From Our Correspondent
Deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has rejected the judgement of the Appeal Court which nullified a Federal High Court order that removed Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir.
Speaking to newsmen at the Nasarawa Palace yesterday, Bayero said he is heading to the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court verdict.
The Sarkin Dawaki Babba, Aminu Babba DanAgundi, who filed the suit that was struck out by the Appeal Court, said “Sanusi did not even understand that he has completely lost out in the whole of the cases at hand.
“That is why I expressed regret over remarks by the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, using the mosque pillar to propagate something that was not true and did not happen at the Appeal Court.
“We initially went to the Federal High Court seeking nullification of the repeal law by the House of Assembly, which we felt was done haphazardly.”
DanAgundi warned Sanusi to stop parading himself as the Emir of Kano.
“The position of Sanusi II that he emerged victorious is wrong, the court said the Federal High Court has no legal right to hear issues with regards to chieftaincy affairs. But what we went to the court for was different.
“We were not arguing on the powers of the Assembly to enact or repeal laws, what we were asking was lack of fair hearing on the 15th Emir, Bayero, that he was removed without given him chance to protect himself.
“The Assembly did not follow the right procedures in repealing the laws,” he added.
He asked the police and the Department of State Service, DSS, to stop Sanusi from allegedly moving around with thugs, accusing him of plotting to disrupt peace in Kano.
According to him, Sanusi will not claim victory until the Supreme Court judgement has been given.
“The attorney-general and speaker of the Kano State Assembly went to court seeking to stop Bayero from parading himself as Emir, but the Appeal Court rejected that position and said that he was not given fair hearing.
“By this it clearly shows that Bayero is still the Emir of Kano.”
