Kingmakers in Kano have dragged the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to court over his decision to create four new Emirates out of Kano Emirate and engaged seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria and 17 other lawyers.
The creation of the Emirates followed the passage of a Bill by the the Kano State House of Assembly, which was subsequently signed into law by Ganduje.
The Bill, known as Kano Emirs Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019, was the amendment of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs law, which paved the way for the decentralisation of the Kano Emirate.
The newly created Emirates are Rano, Karaye, Bichi and Gaya.
But the Kingmakers in Kano: Madakin Kano, Yusuf Nabahani; Makaman Kano, Sarki Ibrahim; Sarkin Dawaki Maituta, Bello Abubakar; and Sarkin Bai, Mukhtar Adnan, filed a suit on Tuesday at the state High Court against the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Kano State House of Assembly, Ganduje, the Attorney General of Kano State and the four emirs appointed by the governor.
The SANS engaged by the Kingmakers are Prince Lateef Fegbemi, A.B. Mahmoud, Adeniyi Akintola, Suraj Sa’eda, Hakeem O. Afolabi, Paul Usoro and Nassir Abdu Dangiri.
Among the 17 other lawyers for the suit are Maliki Kuliya Umar, Nureini S. Jimoh, Dr. Nasiru Aliyu, Sagir Gezawa, Muritala O. Abdulrasheq, Aminu S. Gadanya, Ismail Abdulaziz, Rashidi Isamotu, and Oseni Sefullahi.
Others are Ibrahim Abdullahi, Haruna Saleh Zakariyya, Auwal A. Dabo, Badamasi Sulaiman, O.O. Samuel, Fariha Sani Abdullahi, Yahaya Isah Abdulrasheed and Amira Hamisu.
According to the Kingmakers the effect to the purported law creating four new Kano Emirates has distorted history, especially as it regards the positions they are holding in the emirate.
They also said their position is a heritage in trust for their respective clans of Jobawa, Sullubawa, Yolawa and Dambazawa.
