Kano attorney-general’s suit against Bayero adjourned to July 2

A Kano state high court has adjourned a suit seeking to prevent Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed Emir of Kano, and four others from parading as monarchs till July 2.

Amina Aliyu, the presiding judge, adjourned the matter after the court session on Monday.

The applicants in the matter are the attorney-general of Kano state, the speaker of the Kano state house of assembly, and the Kano state house of assembly.

The applicants want a court order to restrain Ado Bayero and four others from parading themselves as emirs.

The other respondents are Nasiru Ado-Bayero, Emir of Bichi; Ibrahim Abubakar ll, Emir of Karaye; Kabiru Muhammad-Inuwa, Emir of Rano; and Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya, Emir of Gaya.

Other respondents in the suit include the IGP, the director of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigerian Army.

On May 27, Aliyu issued an order restraining Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano, pending the determination of the suit.

The judge also restrained the four other emirs of the disbanded emirates from parading themselves as monarchs in Kano.

On May 28, the court also restrained the police, the DSS, and the Nigerian Army from evicting Muhammadu Sanusi II, the reinstated Emir of Kano.