The Kano High Court, located on Miller Road, has issued an injunction preventing the police, the State Security Service (SSS), and the Nigerian military from evicting the recently reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of the Kano High Court, in granting the order, also prohibited the security agencies from arresting or harassing the emir and his kingmakers.
The judge’s decision prevents the Respondents, along with their agents and representatives, from harassing, intimidating, inviting, arresting, or invading the personal or official residence of the Applicants.
The Emir, along with the four kingmakers of Kano—Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani, Makaman Kano Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi, Sarkin Bai Mansur Adnan, and Sarkin Dawaki Maituta Bello Tuta—filed the case.
The Kano State High Court on Monday has issued a directive for the Commissioner of Police to promptly remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and assume control of the Emir of Kano’s palace.
The court has also issued an injunction preventing Bayero and four others from portraying themselves as Emirs.
The court’s decision came after a request was made by the applicant’s lawyer, Ibrahim Isa Wangida, Esq., in front of Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu.