There was confusion in Kano on Tuesday following two conflicting court orders concerning the tussle over the Kano Emirate throne between Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed emir.
While Justice S. Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano, ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Hussain Gumel, to ensure that all rights and privileges of an Emir were given Ado Bayero, Justice Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court restrained the police, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army from evicting Muhammadu Sanusi II, the reinstated Emir of Kano, from the palace.
Amid the conflicting ruling on Tuesday, Bayero shunned the order of the state high court, which on Monday directed the police to evict him from the mini palace in the Nasarawa area of the state.
However in a significant twist of events, GTN observed that, rather than evicting Bayero, the police and the army beefed security around the mini-palace.
The situation also took a new turn later on Tuesday when Justice Aliyu restrained the police from evicting Sanusi from the main palace. He gave the order on Tuesday in a case filed by the emir and four kingmakers of Kano.
The respondents include the Kano State Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, the director of DSS, the Chief of Defence Staff, and Aminu Ado Bayero. The judge restrained the respondents from “attempting to hijack” the symbols of authority meant for the Emir of Kano pending the determination of the suit.On Monday, the same judge issued an order restraining Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano pending the determination of the suit.
The judge also restrained the four dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the applicants.
