The Court of Appeal in Abuja has barred the Federal High Court in Kano from hearing a legal dispute concerning the Kano Emirate. In a split decision, the appellate court ruled that the Federal High Court lacks jurisdiction over matters related to chieftaincy disputes in Kano.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, delivering the lead judgment, stated that chieftaincy matters fall under the purview of the Kano State High Court and ordered the case to be returned to that court for proper adjudication. Justices Mustapha Mohammed and another panel member concurred with Kolawole’s position on the jurisdictional issue, emphasizing that the Federal High Court should not interfere in chieftaincy disputes in the state.
However, the two justices disagreed with Justice Kolawole’s directive to remit the case to the Kano State High Court. Instead, they argued that the proper course of action was to strike out the case entirely. Consequently, the proceedings at the Federal High Court were struck out for lack of jurisdiction.
The legal battle is rooted in the reinstatement of former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, as the Emir of Kano by Governor Abba Yusuf in May 2024. Sanusi’s reinstatement followed the passage of a new law by the Kano State House of Assembly, which abolished four additional emirates created in 2019 under a controversial law enacted by the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The 2024 law, titled The Kano State Emirates Councils (Repeal) Bill, 2024, annulled the creation of the Rano, Karaye, Gaya, and Bichi emirates and restored the Kano Emirate to its previous structure. The 2019 amendment, driven by a rift between Ganduje and Sanusi, had fragmented the Kano Emirate into five distinct entities, leading to the appointment of first-class emirs for the new emirates and the eventual deposition of Sanusi as Emir of Kano.
SaharaReporters had earlier detailed how the Kano State Assembly passed the 2024 repeal bill, effectively dissolving the additional emirates and reinstating Sanusi as Emir.
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