BEVERLY HILLS, December 18, (THEWILL) – Justice A. T. Badamasi of a Kano High Court on Tuesday declined to grant an extension on the Interim Order stopping Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from interfering with the powers of the Kano emirate kingmakers.
Last week, four kingmakers filed a motion asking the court for an order restraining the governor from interfering with powers of the Kano emirate chiefs, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
They also asked the court for an order restraining Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, from presiding over the inauguration and the maiden meeting of the state council of chiefs.
Delivering his ruling on Tuesday, Ahmad Badamasi, the presiding judge, declined to grant an extension of the interim order.
The import of the ruling would be that the governor is now effectively capable of exercising all the powers vested in him under the new ‘Kano State Emirates Council Law, 2019.
This includes the power to dethrone any Emir found violating any of the provisions of the law.
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