Kano govt orders police to eject deposed Emir Bayero from palace

The Kano State Government has directed the State Police Command to eject the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, from the Nasarawa palace where he currently resides.

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf gave the directive via the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

Dederi, while conveying the directive at a press conference in Kano on Thursday, explained that the government has finalised plans for a general renovation of the Nasarawa palace where Bayero resides.

He stated that the state government has concluded plans for immediate demolition and reconstruction of its dilapidated wall.

Dederi acknowledged the ruling by the Federal High Court regarding the Kano Emirates Council (Repeal) Law, 2024, and viewed the same as upholding the rule of law.

He said: “The ruling of the court has unequivocally reaffirmed the validity of the law passed by Kano State House of Assembly and assented to by the governor on May 2024.

“This part of the judgement is very fundamental to the entire matter. Further implication of the ruling is that all actions taken by the government before the emergence of the interim order of the court are equally validated.

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“This means that abolishing the five emirates created in 2019 is validated and the deposition of the five emirs is also sustained by the Federal High Court.

“By implication, this means that Muhammadu Sanusi II remains the Emir of Kano. The judge also granted our application for the stay of proceedings until the Court of Appeal deals with the appeal on jurisdiction.

“Happily, the signing of the law and the reinstatement of Sanusi II were done on 23 May 2024 before the emergence of the Interim Order, which was served on us on 27 May 2024.

“Following this ruling, Kano State Government has directed the State Commissioner of Police to eject the deposed Emir of the eight metropolitan local governments from the government property where he is ‘trespassing’.

“The government will commence general renovation of the property with immediate effect.

The Federal High Court, while ruling on the substantive suit on Thursday, validated the Kano Emirate Council Repeal Law 2024, and also nullified all actions taken by Governor Yusuf after the passage of the law.

The Kano State House of Assembly had, on May 23, dissolved the four Emirate Councils created out of the Kano Emirate by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in 2019.

Governor Yusuf, on May 23, dethroned Bayero and reappointed Sanusi, the 14th Emir deposed in March 2020, as the new Emir of Kano.

The Star