Protesters have taken to the streets in Kano municipality in help of the dethroned Emir Aminu Ado Bayero on Sunday afternoon, demanding his reinstatement because the Emir of Kano.
A motley crowd of younger males took to the streets round 4pm, following a particular prayer session on the Nasarawa Mini Palace for Bayero’s reinstatement.
LEADERSHIP experiences that on arrival in Kano on Saturday morning, two days after his dethronement by the Kano State authorities, Bayero proceeded to the Nasarawa mini palace the place he’s at present holding up.
The protest rapidly gained momentum, with demonstrators setting tires on hearth whereas safety operatives didn’t forestall them.
Protesters carried placards bearing inscriptions comparable to “Abba Kabir Yusuf, Obey Court docket Order,” “You Should Obey The Court docket,” “Aminu Is Nonetheless Our Emir,” and “We Are Towards Injustice.” They had been fervently chanting: “We would like the return of Aminu”.
One of many pro-Bayero protesters, Usaini Rabiu Kunya, emphasised the necessity for the State authorities to obey courtroom order on the event in Kano Emirate. “Our King Aminu Ado has ordered us to be peaceable and law-abiding, so we’re peacefully calling on the federal government to comply with the courtroom order,” Kunya acknowledged.
One other protester, Abubakar Garba, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make sure justice within the Kano royal dispute. “We name on the president to make sure that justice prevails on this royal tussle,” Garba mentioned.
The protest is the most recent episode in a chronic battle that started on Thursday when the Kano State Home of Meeting repealed the Kano Emirates legislation of 2019 utilized by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to create 4 further Emirates within the state and ultimately dethroned Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II in 2020 over sure variations.
Incumbent Governor Abba Yusuf’s current determination to dissolve the emirates and restore Kano Emirate to its pre-2019 standing has reignited stress within the northern Nigeria’s industrial nerve metropolis.
LEADERSHIP earlier reported that comparable protest broke out on Sunday in Gaya city, one of many headquarters of the dissolved 4 Emirates.
In the meantime, the state governor, his aides and a few prime state authorities officers have remained on the primary Emir’s palace alongside the reinstated Emir Sanusi II since Saturday morning.
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