BREAKING: Court Bars DSS, Police, Army from Evicting Emir of Kano Sanusi

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the reinstated Emir of Kano, cannot be driven out by the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS), or the Police, according to a Kano State High Court ruling.

The decision was made in response to a case that the emir and the four Kano kingmakers—Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani, Makaman Kano Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi, Sarkin Bai Mansur Adnan, and Sarkin Dawaki Maituta Bello Tuta—filed. The court was presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu.

Additionally, Justice Aliyu stopped the security services from detaining or intimidating Sanusi and his kingmakers.

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Judge Aliyu’s ruling stated that “an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the Respondents from harassing, intimidating, inviting, arresting, and/or invading the personal or official residence of the Applicants (Gidan Rumfa), his servants, and/or any of the Kano Emirate kingmakers from doing such acts that would be capable of interfering with the Applicants’ rights generally in relation to this suit pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

“That, until the hearing and resolution of the motion on notice, an order of interim injunction is hereby granted prohibiting the Respondents from attempting to hijack, pick, commandeer, or seize any of the twin spears of authority, the Royal Hat of Dabo, the Ostrich-feathered shoes, the knife and sword of the Emir of Kano, or any other symbols of authority.

That in order to prevent the Respondents from moving on with the matter or to preserve the status quo of holding off on taking any action until the motion on notice is heard and decided, an order of interim injunction is hereby made.

“Furthermore, it is ordered that the Respondents be prohibited from interfering with the Applicant’s functions and duties as the Emir of Kano until the motion on notice dated May 28, 2024, is heard and decided.”

Additionally, Aliyu postponed the hearing on the motion until June 13, 2024.