Breaking: Details emerge as court orders Bayero to hand over to Emir Sanusi

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy

Kano State High Court has ordered the deposed emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and the four other dethroned emirs to hand over all the emirate‘s traditional royal artefacts to the Kano state government and or the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, with immediate effect.

The court also restrained Bayero and the dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs in Kano.

Bayero and the 4 Emirs restrained from parading themselves as emirs in Kano. Photo credit: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi/Abba Yusuf/ Aminu Ado Bayero
Source: UGC

As reported by The Nation, Justice Amina Aliyu gave the ruling on Monday, July 15 following a suit filed by the Kano government asking the court to stop Bayero and four other emirs from reclaiming their former positions.

The state government had also given the deposed emirs 48 hours to vacate their respective palaces from the time of their dethronement.

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