Dethroned Kano Emir Aminu Ado Bayero breaks silence

The dethroned emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has urged Kano residents to stay peaceable and law-abiding amidst pressure across the conventional seat.

Mr Ado Bayero spoke shortly after receiving the state commissioner of police at a mini-palace within the state on Saturday. As of the time of this report, he was staying within the Nassarawa Home, a personal residence of the Kano Emirate Palace.

Mr Ado Bayero who addressed cheerful supporters stated nobody is above the legislation and that he’s hopeful “justice would prevail” on the difficulty of his dethronement.

He vowed to simply accept regardless of the legislation states, including that Kano is a crucial state in Nigeria and peace should not be tampered with.

“I name on the folks to stay law-abiding whereas awaiting the end result of the authorized course of on this tussle,” he stated.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, reinstated Lamido Sanusi because the sixteenth Emir of Kano in a vibrant ceremony on Friday.

Mr Sanusi was dethroned by the quick previous administration of Abdullahi Ganduje, who’s the present nationwide chairman of Nigeria’s ruling occasion, APC. Mr Sanusi was ousted in 2020 for exhibiting “insubordination” to state authorities on the time.

On Thursday, to arrange grounds for the return of Mr Sanusi as emir, the Kano State Home of Meeting abolished the 5 former emirates created out of the outdated Kano emirate and restated the outdated Kano emirate with just one emir.

That very same day, Governor Yusuf signed the legislation and gave the emirs of the abolished emirates 48 hours to vacate their palaces.

However a Federal Excessive Courtroom had issued a last-minute order stopping the state authorities from abolishing all of the 5 emirates created throughout the administration of former Governor Mr Ganduje and returning to the system the place just one emir led Kano.

The ruling was a response to an software from Aminu Dan-Agundu, a Kano emirate official who opposed transferring again to the outdated system.

Nonetheless, Governor Yusuf stated he wouldn’t recognise the ruling.

Referencing studies that the Excessive Courtroom choose was within the US when he gave the ruling, Mr Yusuf stated on the ceremony reinstating Mr Sanusi: “Think about a choose in America ordering us to halt the coronation of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi. Our legal guidelines are in place and they won’t change.”

Nonetheless, as of the time of this report, safety companies are insisting on implementing the court docket order that halts the dethronement of Mr Bayero.

Safety Businesses Place

Safety forces together with the Nigeria Police Power, troopers, and Civil Defence officers paid a go to to Mr Ado Bayero on Saturday.

The mini-palace, situated within the Nassarawa space of the state, is the place Mr Bayero settled in when he returned to the northwestern state within the early hours of Saturday morning.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, led the safety forces to fulfill Mr Bayero amidst pressure over the emirate debacle within the state.

Earlier than the go to to Mr Bayero, the commissioner had earlier addressed journalists and informed the Kano State Authorities to obey the court docket order that halts the dethronement of Mr Ado Bayero.

Sanusi’s 2020 Ouster

Mr Sanusi was ousted in 2020 for exhibiting “insubordination” to state authorities on the time.

Nonetheless, most of his supporters consider he was sacked as a result of he opposed the re-election of Mr Ganduje as governor in 2019.