A High Court sitting in
Kano on Friday, stopped the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the
Kano State House of Assembly, the Speaker, Clerk of the Assembly, including the
Attorney-General and the State from implementing the splitting of the Kano
Emirate.
The exparte motion dated
May 10, 2019, was filed by the plaintiff, Hon. Sule Gwarzo, before Justice
Nasiru Saminu, seeking the court to restrain the respondents from taking any
action of creating four additional Emirates.
In an order of interim
injunction, the Court directed all parties in this suit to maintain status quo,
pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
On Wednesday, Ganduje
assented to the Kano Emirs Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019,
after its passage by the State Assembly.
The Kano State House of
Assembly passed a bill, establishing four additional emirates and four first
class emirs in the state.
The bill, initiated on
Monday, passed first reading on Tuesday and scaled through second and third
reading on Wednesday.
Ganduje, who spoke
immediately after signing the bill into law, said “this is what the people of
Kano State want”.
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