Court bars Ganduje from ‘dividing Kano Emirate’

A high Court sitting in Kano, on Friday stopped the Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Kano State House of Assembly and the Attorney-General and the State from implementing the break-up of Kano Emirate.

In an exparte motion, dated, May 10, 2019, filed by the plaintiff, Hon Sule Gwarzo, before Justice Nasiru Saminu, seeking the court to restrain the respondents from taking any action of creating four additional Emirates.

In an order of interim injunction, the Court directed all parties in this suit to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

Governor Ganduje signed a law on Wednesday, which created four additional Emirates, a move that was widely viewed the reduce Emir Sanusi’s influence.