New Emirates: Ganduje did not follow due process, says Court

A High Court sitting in Kano state has dismissed the appointment and creation of four additional Emirates in Kano forwarded by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

Justice Usman Na’abba, who is the presiding judge, on Thursay, ruled that due process was not followed in the creation of the Emirates.

Ganduje who assented the bill in May, sought the establishment of four additional first-class Emirates – Rano, Gaya, Karaya and Bichiin, in Kano State.

Ganduje assented the bill following its passage by the Kano State House of Assembly. With reports ascribing the governor’s decision as a result of rift with Emir Sanusi,

Ganduje said the move to create four emirates in Kano was not targeted at anyone but to “take Kano to the next level.”

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He later in the month presented letters of appointment to the four new first-class Emirs during a ceremony held at the state capital.

Vanguard reports that those presented with the letters of appointment include Aminu Ado Bayero, the son of Late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, as the Emir of Bichi; Ibrahim Abulkadir as the Emir of Gaya; Tafida Abubakar as the Emir Of Rano and Abubakar Ibrahim II as the Emir of Karaye.

The creation of the new Emirates was however met with controversy as four Kano State kingmakers filed a suit against Ganduje and the State Assembly.

Recall that similar situation occured in August when the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan refused to accede to an out-of-court settlement filed by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in the Olubadan chieftaincy case involving the controversial coronation of 21 kings by former Governor Abiola Ajimobi.