Emirship Tussel: Court reserves judgment in suit filed by 15th Emir of Kano

A Federal High Court sitting successful Kano, connected Friday, has reserved judgement connected the enforcement of cardinal rights of the 15th deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero.

Ado-Bayero, done his counsel M L Yusufari SAN, filed a question exparte dated May 27, seeking the tribunal to restrain the respondents from arresting, intimidating oregon infringing connected his right.

The respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation, Attorney General Kano, Nigeria Police, Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police Kano, State Security Service, NSCDC, Nigeria Army, Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Airforce.

When the lawsuit came up for hearing, Counsel to the applicant, Michael Jonathan, SAN, said the tribunal has jurisdiction to entertain the lawsuit due to the fact that it was cardinal rights proceedings.

Jonathan filed an originating question dated May 27, successful enactment of affidavit and a written address.

He urged the tribunal to perceive the cardinal rights suit successful the involvement of Justice for the bid of Kano.

He besides urged the tribunal to disregard the respondents’ preliminary objection connected grounds of maltreatment of court.

Counsel to Kano State Attorney-General, Mahmoud Abubakar-Magaji, SAN, filed a preliminary objection dated May 30 and filed May 31 connected 4 grounds connected Kano Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024 and cardinal right.

He urged the tribunal to disregard and onslaught retired the full process peculiarly the originating summons of the applicant motion.

“It is simply a privilege being an emir not a right.
The applicant filed his exertion 5 days aft helium was dethroned arsenic the Emir of Kano.
“My lord the purported close of the applicant does not exist. This tribunal has nary jurisdiction to entertain this case” Abubakar-Magaji said.

Abubakar-Magaji besides filed a question connected announcement dated May 31, to acceptable speech the exparte bid it earlier granted retraining the respondents from arresting, intimidating oregon harassing the applicant.

Justice Simom Amobeda, said that the tribunal would pass the day for judgement to the parties.

NAN reports that the tribunal had connected May 28, ordered the respondents to guarantee each rights and privileges of the applicant beryllium fixed to him successful the involvement of justness and attraction of bid successful Kano state.

The tribunal besides restrained the 3, 4 and 5th respondents and each different respondents from denying the applicant to usage his authoritative residence and palace astatine the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu.

NAN reports that the State House of Assembly connected May 23, dissolved each the 4 recently created Emirate council’s successful the state.