Sanusi reinstated as 16th Emir of Kano 

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, on Friday, presented a letter of appointment to Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano.

The development is sequel to the signing into law of the amended Kano State Emirate Council Law by the governor on Thursday.

The amended law abolished the five Emirate Councils and sacked the Emirs appointed by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in 2019, paving way for the re-enthronement of Sanusi.

Yusuf speaking while presenting the letter, said, “Sanusi is a victim of the immediate past administration, who is now being restored to his rightful position to lead the people.”

The ceremony was graced by members of the Kano Emirate Council, district heads, and title holders.

It also marked a new chapter in the history of the Kano Emirate with the re-enthronement of Sanusi, who was deposed by Ganduje’s administration.

However a Federal High Court sitting in Kano had, on Thursday, issued an order stopping the Kano State government from reinstalling Sanusi as the Emir of Kano.

The court gave the order while ruling on an application filed to halt the enforcement of the law by the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, Aminu Babba Dan Agundi.

The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Liman, while granting the order, said, “Parties are hereby ordered to maintain status quo ante the passage and assent of the bill into law pending the hearing of the fundamental rights application.

“In view of the constitutional and jurisdictional issues apparent on the face of the application, parties shall address the court on same at the hearing of the fundamental rights application which is fixed for the 3rd of June, 2024.

“In order to maintain the peace and security of the state, an interim injunction of this Honourable Court is granted restraining the fifth to eight respondents (CP, IGP, NSCDC, and DSS) from enforcing, executing, implementing, and operationalising the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law.

“Parties are hereby ordered to maintain status quo ante the passage and assent of the bill into law pending the hearing of the Fundamental Rights application.”

Justice Liman, therefore, adjourned the case to June 3, 2024, for the hearing of the fundamental rights application.