A Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu, has issued a permanent injunction restraining Aminu Ado-Bayero and four other deposed Emirs from claiming the title of Emir.
The court order, delivered on Monday, specifically prohibits the deposed Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye, as well as their servants and representatives, from presenting themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye.
This ruling comes after the Kano State Government filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the deposed Emirs from using their former titles, and also ordered them to vacate their palaces within 48 hours of their deposition.
However, Justice Aliyu said while delivering the judgment, that the issue of evicting the deposed Emir, Bayero, from his Nassarawa mini palace is a rent tribunal matter and is not before it.
In her judgment, she directed the deposed Emir and four other former Emirs to quickly hand over all the Emirate Traditional Royal Artefacts to the government and the substantive Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
Justice Aliyu also said that the State Assembly Emirate Council Repeal Law 2024 was done according to the Law as enshrined in Section 4 of the Constitution.
Similarly, she ruled that the State Governor, Abba Yusuf, assenting to the law is also done perfectly according to the Constitution.
