Appeal Court Sacks Sanusi As Emir Of Kano, Faults His Reinstatement
 

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KANO – Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi II has been sacked by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

The Court, also, has halted his reinstatement as the Emir of Kano.

Justice Okon Abang led a Three-member Panel who unanimously halted the implementation of the January 10, 2025 judgment, which vacated the nullification of Sanusi II’s appointment by a Kano State High Court, which it held was done without jurisdiction.

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The judgment, which was delivered by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that the nullification of Sanusi II’s appointment was done without the required jurisdiction and ordered the transfer of the suit to the Kano State High Court.

However, ruling on the fresh applications with numbers CA/KN/27M/2025 and CA/KN/28M/2025, the appellate court agreed that the applications seeking to halt the enforcement of the earlier judgment pending the appeal before the Supreme Court were competent and meritorious.

According to Justice Abang, “The law is settled. The Court is enjoined to exercise its discretion judiciously and in the interest of justice”

The Judge further noted that the subject matter before the Court needs to be preserved because the applicant had served as Emir for five years before his removal, adding that he deserved the right to protection.

It would be recalled that Justice Kolawole had vacated the order against Sanusi II’s appointment, held that the matter, being a chieftaincy dispute, ought to have been determined by the High Court of Kano State rather than the Federal High Court, which he described as “a grave error”.

The Federal High Court in Kano, presided by Justice Abubakar Liman, had on June 20, 2024, nullified the Kano State Government’s Kano Emirates Council (Repeal) Law 2024, which reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir.

In the fundamental rights enforcement suit by Aminu Baba-Dan’Agundi, the presiding judge further directed parties, including the Kano State House of Assembly, to maintain the status quo during the reign of Emir Ado Bayero.

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