The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law.
The ruling was delivered by a three-man Appeal Court panel led by Justice Okon Abang. In its ruling, the court also set aside the June 20 2024 order of the Federal High Court in Kano, which nullified the Kano State Government’s actions under the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024, these actions included dissolving the five emirates created in 2019 and the reinstatement of Sanusi II as Emir.
By implication, the final decision on the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano or otherwise would now await the pronouncement of the Supreme Court.
Recalls that Sanusi was reinstated as the Emir Of Kano by Governor Abba Yusuf following the passage of the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024 by the State House of Assembly. The Governor also dethroned the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, and reappointed Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano.
