Kano Senior Councillor Challenges Mohammad Sanusi Over Emir Title
Emamuzo Iboma
Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, a Senior Councillor within the Kano Emirate Council, has issued a warning to Mohammad Sanusi 11, stating he may take legal action for contempt if Sanusi continues to refer to himself as the Emir of Kano.
This statement comes after an appellate court ruling that mandated all parties involved in the ongoing dispute over the emirate’s leadership to maintain the status quo as it existed before the conflict.
Speaking during a press conference in Kano yesterday, Danagundi also threatened the four second-class Emirs appointed by the Kano State government on the strength of the repelled Kano State Emirate Council Law( 2029) with contempt should they continue to parade themselves as Emirs of their respective Emirate Councils.
“Let all these Emirs appointed by the Kano State government find a place and hide, because we will ensure that the injunctive order is fully implemented. If you refuse to obey the court order, I will charge you for contempt and you will go to jail,” he declared.
Dan Agundi expressed regret that Friday’s orders of the Court of Appeal in Abuja had been deliberately misrepresented and inaccurately delivered to the public in Kano.
Shedding light on the orders, he explained that the three-member panel of Justices restrained the state government and other responsibilities from executing an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal as well as directed the parties in the case to maintain the status quo as it was before the judgment of Justice A.M Liman on the 13th of June, 2024.
He said that going by the latest orders of the Appeal Court, all the parties involved were under obligation to revert to the status before the reinstatement of Mohammed Sanusi as the Emir of Kano.
He appealed to security agencies to maintain peace and order in the state by ensuring that the parties observe and respect the court orders.
‘The security agencies must maintain peace and harmony in Kano. We will serve them with the order, and we are sure they would maintain the law,” he said.
The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, had earlier briefed the press on the same issue, saying that the injunctive orders did not set aside a previous judgment of the Appeal Court but only directed for a stay of the execution of that order pending the outcome of an application at the Supreme Court.
