BREAKING: Drama As Court Orders Security To Kick Out Dethroned Emir Of Kano

Justice Aisha Adamu Aliyu of the Kano State High Court has issued a directive to the Commissioner of Police in Kano, instructing the takeover of the palace and eviction of the 15th Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero.

In an interim order granted on May 27, 2027, it was stated, “an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Defendants… from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the Applicants.”

The order further directed, “the Commissioner of Police Kano State should immediately take over the palace of the Emir of Kano… and evict the 1st Defendant/Respondent from the said palace pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice dated May 24, 2024.”

Additionally, “an order is hereby made that the 15th Defendants be served through the office of the Commissioner of Police, Kano State who is to ensure immediate implementation of the order of the Hon. Court in the interest of justice.”

The motion on notice dated May 24, 2024, is adjourned to June 11, 2024, for hearing.

The respondents include the deposed Emirs of Karaye, Gaya, Bichi, Rano, Kano, IGP, Director DSS, NSCDC, and Army.

The applicants are the Attorney General of Kano State, Speaker House of Assembly, and Kano State House of Assembly.

The Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Isah Dederi, informed the BBC that the state government received the earlier order granted by a Federal High Court stopping the reinstatement of the Emir after action has been completed on Monday.