OGUN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)– A Federal High Court in Kano has voided the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano.
The law also resulted in the removal of four other emirs from the four emirates established by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration.
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The judgment, delivered at 2 pm after an adjournment from midday, struck down the Kano Emirates Council Repeal Law, 2024, which was passed by the Kano State House of Assembly and signed into law by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Aminu Babba Danagundi, a kingmaker in the Kano Emirate and Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had challenged the law’s legitimacy.
The judge criticized Governor Abba Yusuf for disobeying a court order to not enforce the new law.
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