Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), called in Chief Judges John Tsoho of the Federal High Court and Dije Aboki of the Kano State High Court yesterday due to their divergent rulings in the Kano emirate crisis.
Soji Oye, the National Judicial Council’s Director of Information, verified this to reporters in Abuja.
Both Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th Emir of Kano, and Muhammadu Sanusi II are vying for possession of the stool.
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After the law that former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje used to remove Sanusi from office in 2020 was abolished, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf reinstated him.
Governor Yusuf issued an arrest order for Bayero when he returned to Kano and took up residence at Nassarawa Palace, citing worries over rising tensions in the state.
As a result, soldiers were sent to Nassarawa Palace.
When both sides were granted favorable injunctions, the situation became more complicated and caused uncertainty throughout the state.
The contradicting court orders were handed on May 24, 27, and 28. The CJN then issued a summons in response.
The Kano State administration was ordered by Justice Abdullahi M. Liman to refrain from enforcing the new emirate law, which reinstalled Sanusi as the Kano Emir.
Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of the Kano State High Court issued the second judgment, which directed that Sanusi be shielded from government harassment.
A different Federal High Court headed by Justice S. A. Amobeda issued the third order, which ordered Sanusi to leave the Gidan Rumfa palace.
NBA to penalize attorneys
Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), declared yesterday that he would track down and look into the attorneys responsible for the contradictory orders concerning the Kano emirate dispute.
Akorede Lawal, the NBA’s publicity secretary, stated in a statement that Maikyau had brought complete humiliation and dishonor to the profession and exposed the Nigerian legal profession as a whole to the public. mockery and disdain.
The NBA might never bounce back from this, he said.
‘In my considered opinion, there is an urgent need to scrutinize the professional conducts of both counsel and the judges involved in these matters, without prejudice to the ongoing actions before both the Federal High Court and the Kano State High Court,’ stated Maikyau.This is to make it possible for the appropriate organizations or bodies to assess their responsibility or, alternatively, from a moral and expert perspective.
He asked the concerned judges’ respective heads of court to investigate their behavior in order to uncover any potential abuse of their positions and to submit a report to the National Judicial Council so that appropriate action might be taken.
Regarding the participating attorneys, In the event that professional misconduct is found to have occurred against the attorneys in question, Maikyau pledged that the NBA would look into their behavior and would not hold back in taking disciplinary action against them before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.
Governor Yusuf outlaws demonstrations
The Kano State government placed strong limitations on any public gatherings meant for protest earlier yesterday.
The Department of State Services, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the police were ordered by Governor Yusuf’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, to arrest, imprison, and prosecute any individual or organization protesting in Kano.
He declared: ‘This aggressive move is a preventative tactic meant to prevent any possible collapse of law and order,’ planned by enemies of the condition.
‘We have access to reliable information that certain opposition party leaders in Kano have planned to fund student organizations and political activists from other northwest states in order to create unrest while claiming to be in support of Kano’s deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero.’
police personnel stationed at hotspots
According to the Kano State Police Command, in order to address any potential security risks in the state, it has increased its security presence in order to pinpoint hotspots in and around the capital.
This was revealed by Usaini Gumel, the Commissioner of Police, in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
According to Gumel, armed and equipped men have been sent to the designated zones to deal with any unanticipated situations.
‘The state government’s prohibition order All demonstrations would be vigorously and thoroughly policed, and anyone caught taking part would be detained and charged with a crime.
The NSCIA advises Muslims not to make rash remarks.
The conflicting claims about the struggle for emirates in Kano State coming from different Ulama factions were denounced yesterday by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
‘At this difficult moment for the ummah, the commission calls on Islamic scholars, who are the administrators of Islamic learning, values, and instruction, to demonstrate caution and refrain from implementing declarations that may further heighten tension and polarize the ummah,’ said Prof. Salisu Shehu, Deputy the United Nations Secretary- of the NSCIA, in a prepared statement.
‘Ulama from both inside and outside the state should pray for the resolution of the ongoing traditional leadership dispute in Kano. decided by the authorities in politics, the courts, and customs.
The council asked the political, traditional, and judicial authorities in Kano to settle the current dispute in a way that is fair, just, and motivated by fear of Allah.
Kano South elders beg Governor Yusuf to reverse the emirate law.
The Kano South Elders Forum has urged Governor Yusuf to quickly overturn the Kano Emirate Law decision, claiming it has impeded the region’s growth and development.
The forum’s chairman, Alhaji Musa Doguwa, stated during a press conference in Kano yesterday that the impacted areas experienced urbanization, an increase in infrastructure, and wealth as a result of the establishment of the new emirates.
The dissolved emirates, according to him, have a rich historical heritage and make up a sizeable portion of Kano State.
Doguwa praised a few participants in the thanks to the Kano State House of Assembly for their backing and exhorted others to join them.
Monarch writes Tinubu about the conflict in Kano Emirate Crisis
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to step in and resolve the Kano emirate dispute by King Appolus Chu, OFR of Onch-Eh Nchia X Eleme Kingdom in Rivers State and ‘chairman of the interface committee between the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria and the National Assembly on Constitutional Amendment,’
‘The stool of the Emir of Kano predates colonialism and the creation of the Nigerian state,’ the king wrote in a letter to the president. It is difficult to meddle with such a sacred seat without risking the collapse of law and order.
‘Kano’s circumstances can be characterized as If politicians continue to flirt with the throne of the Kano emirate, it would become like a pot that is just waiting to spill its contents.
In the case of Kano, political officeholders are starting to politicize the traditional institution and our historic stools, which diminishes the respect that the people have for them as well as the power and influence they have over them. This is done by taking away the glory, honor, beauty, and prestige of our traditional stools.
In this nation, there have been instances where people’s rage at what they believe to be their leaders’ mistreatment has caused crises to break out, resulting in the loss of lives and property. We cannot allow the situation in Kano to follow the same course.
‘I encourage the incoming president to advise all the parties participating to respect the Supreme Court’s order, understanding that the party that walked towards the court did so so as to preserve peace in Kano, given that there certainly is already an administrative decree asking all parties participating in the Emir of Kano saga to refrain from changing the status quo raise the stakes.’
