The Kano State Police Command has refused to adjust to Governor Abba Yusuf’s directive to arrest the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, for allegedly disrupting the peace.
This growth comes amid a authorized standoff following a courtroom order to take care of the established order the dedication of a pending judgment.
The Kano State Governor had early Saturday morning issued an order for the Commissioner of Police to arrest the deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero shortly after his arrival to the state early on Saturday.
At a press briefing, the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel confirmed that the Command is adhering to a courtroom order that mandates the established order till a ruling on June third, 2024.
“We’re complying with the courtroom order that the established order should be maintained till the courtroom provides its judgment,” Gumel said.
LEADERSHIP reported on Thursday night time {that a} Federal Excessive Court docket in Kano had issued an ex-parte order that briefly prevented the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II because the Emir of Kano.
This injunction was issued after Alhaji Aminu Bappa Dan Agundi, a distinguished conventional titleholder in Kano filed a swimsuit difficult the current adjustments to the Kano State Emirate Council legislation.
Justice A.M. Liman, presiding over the case, issued an interim injunction suspending the implementation of the Kano State Emirates Council (Repeal) Regulation, 2024.
This legislation, enacted by the Kano State Home of Meeting and assented to by Governor Yusuf, aimed to abolish the Emirates created underneath the earlier administration of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The courtroom’s injunction particularly restrains the state authorities and associated companies from implementing or operationalising the brand new legislation, successfully halting any alterations to the normal constructions established in 2019.
Justice Liman emphasised the need of sustaining the established order to forestall additional escalation till the courtroom may absolutely deliberate on the matter.
In response to the courtroom order, Governor Yusuf has criticised the judicial intervention, alleging that Justice Liman issued the interim injunction whereas overseas.
Throughout a ceremony presenting the appointment letter to Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the governor declared his intention to report what he perceived as judicial overreach to the Nigerian Governors’ Discussion board.
The case is scheduled for a listening to on June 3, 2024, specializing in the basic rights software.
The courtroom has directed that each one related paperwork be served on the Inspector Normal of Police in Abuja, exterior the courtroom’s jurisdiction to make sure due course of.