Two Courts Issue Conflicting Orders on Eviction of Emir Sanusi From Palace

Justice S. A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the eviction of the reinstated Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II from Emir’s Palace.

The court also ordered the Police to ensure all rights and privileges due to the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero be given to him.

This was even as another court in the state issued another order restraining the Police, the State Security Service and the Nigerian Army from evicting, harassing or arresting Emir Sanusi.

The Presiding Judge, Justice S. A. Amobeda who gave the exparte order on favour of Bayero on Tuesday stated that the order is made in the interest of justice and maintenance of peace in Kano state.

The order states:

“AN ORDER of interim injunction restraining the Respondents either by themselves, their agents, servants, privies or any other person or authority from inviting, arresting, detaining, threatening, intimidating, harassing the Applicant, raiding, tempering with or visiting the Applicant’s in order to arrest or infringe on his right or in any other way infringe or attempt to infringe the Applicant’s rights pending the hearing and determination of the Originating Motion.

“AN ORDER restraining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Respondents and all other Respondents from denying the applicant to use his official residence and palace at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu as well as enjoyment of all rights and privileges accrued to him by virtue of being Emir of Kano State and to evicting anything, anybody residing within the palace illegally pending the hearing and the determination of the originating summons.”

The suit has been adjourned to 4th of June for hearing.

However, Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court has issued an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Police and other security agencies from harassing, intimidating.inviting, arresting and or invading the personal or official residence of the reinstated Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi 11, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The presiding judge gave the order upon hearing of exparte application by counsel to the Applicants Bashir Yusuf, dated 28th May, 2024.

The order reads:”That an order of Interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the Respondents either by themselves, their agents, privies, representative, and assigns from further harassing, intimidating.inviting, arresting and or invading the personal or official residence of the Applicants (Gidan Rumfa), his servants and or any of the Kano Emirate kingmakers of doing such acts that would be capable of interfering with the Applicants’ rights generally in relation to this suit pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

“That an order of Interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the Respondents from attempting to hijack, pick, commandeer, confiscate any of twin spear of authority, the Royal Hat of Dabo, the Ostrich-feathered shoes, the knife and sword of the Emir of Kano as well as symbols of authority pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

“That an order of interim injunction is hereby made restraining the Respondents from taking further steps in connection with the matter or maintaining status quo of staying all action pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

“That it is further ordered that the Respondents are restraining from interfering with the functions, duties of the “Applicant as the Emir of Kano pending the hearing and determination of the mation on notice dated 28 May, 2024.” the order stated.

That the motion on notice is adjourned to 13 June, 2024 hor hearing.

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano.

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