Court To Bayero, Others: Don't parade yourselves as emirs

Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu of the Kano State High Court, today, granted a perpetual restraining order against the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, and four other emirs from Rano, Gaya, Bichi, and Karaye, stopping them from parading themselves as emirs.

The judge took the decision on a case instituted by the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly, which had sought to restrain Aminu Ado-Bayero and the four other dethroned emirs, through a motion ex-parte filed on May 27 by their counsel, Ibrahim Isah-Wangida.

In handing down her judgment, Justice Adamu-Aliyu affirmed the legislative powers of the Kano State House of Assembly.

According to the judge, “The Kano State House of Assembly has the power to amend and propose a bill for the peace and good governance of the state under Section 4, Rule 6, 7 (b) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.”

Justice Adamu-Aliyu confirmed the authority of the state governor to assent to such bills, thereby making them law after passage by the assembly.

“The Kano State Governor has the right to assent the proposed bill into law after being passed by the state assembly,” Justice Adamu-Aliyu said.

The judge also directed Ado-Bayero and the four other emirs to refrain from parading themselves as emirs and to surrender all movable and immovable properties belonging to the Kano State Emirate Council to the state government.

Justice Adamu-Aliyu in her ruling criticised the conduct of the police and other security agencies involved in the case.

In her words: “The act of the 6th to 9th respondents for smuggling the first respondent to Kano after the enactment of the Emirate Repeal Law 2024 shows a disregard for what they have sworn to protect – the protection of life and property.”

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