Parade yourself as Emir of Kano, face me in court

From Desmond Mgboh. Kano

A Senior Councillor in the Kano Emirate Council, Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, has threatened to charge Mohammad Sanusi 11 to court for contempt if he continues to parade himself as the Emir of Kano.

Dan Agundi’s threat followed an injunctive order by an Appeal Court, which ordered all the parties in the Kano Emirate dispute to maintain status quo ante as it were before the judgment of the Federal High Court delivered on 13th June 2024, pending the hearing and determination of an application on the same case before the Supreme Court.

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 have a duty to maintain peace and harmony in Kano. We are going to 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.