The Kano State Government has instructed the police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, from the Nassarawa mini palace. This directive from Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf follows a similar order issued when Ado Bayero returned to the state shortly after his dethronement. The governor had previously ordered the police to arrest the dethroned monarch, accusing him of inciting tension.
In response to these developments, additional soldiers were deployed to the mini palace to provide security for Ado Bayero. Despite the governor’s actions, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gunel, had previously stated that the police would comply with a court order restraining the Kano government from reinstating Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, indicating a complex legal and political scenario.
He had said, “The Police Command is expressly obeying the Court Order with SUIT No. FHC/KN/CS/182/2024 Dated 23rd May, 2024 issued by the Federal High Court sitting in Kano alongside ail Law Enforcement agents in the State.”
But addressing journalists at Government House, Kano, on Thursday, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for justice, Barrister Haruna Isah Dederi, said the dethroned monarch should be evicted because all is set for the reconstruction and renovation of the property.
He said, “By the ruling of the Court, it has unequivocally. reaffirmed the validity of the law passed by Kano State House of Assembly and assented to by His Excellency the Executive Governor of Kano State on Thursday 23rd May, 2024 by 5:10pm. This part of the judgement is very fundamental to the entire matter.”
“Further implication of the ruling is that all actions done by the Government before the emergence of the interim order of the honorable Court, are equally validated. This means that, the abolishing of 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.”
“Following this Court’s ruling, Kano State Government has directed the State Commissioner of Police to remove the deposed emir of the 8 metropolitan local governments from the Government property where he is trespassing as Government has already concluded arrangements for the general reconstruction and renovation of the property including the demolishing and reconstruction of the dilapidated wall fence with immediate effect.”
