Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed 15th Emir of Kano, says he remained the subsisting Emir, until all the legal actions he instituted against his removal are concluded.
The deposed Emir stated this Sunday, while, reacting to Saturday’s World Press Conference, address by the Kano State commissioner for Justice, and Attorney-General, directing all interested parties in the matter to abide by recent ruling of a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja..
Sources believed the pronouncment of the commissioner was a suble directive that the deposed Emir should vacate the Naaarawa Palalce, he was presently occupying which is located close to the Kano Government House.
The Court of Appeal had Friday, set aside an earlier judgment of a Federal High Court siting in Kano, and, directed that the case to be reopened in order to give fair hearing to all parties in the case.
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The ruling of the Court of Appeal had elicited jubilation in the camp of the reinstated 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as they Iinterpreted to mean a victory for the Emir.
Responding to the Court of Appeal ruling on behalf of the deposed Emir, during a media briefing held at Nassrawa Residency of the deposed Emir, Aminu Danbappa, one of the Kano kingmakers, who initiated the litigation in question, said the jubilation by Sanusi supporters was uncalled for.
Danbappa said that anyone jubilatiing over the Court of Appeal ruling simply does not understand the ruling, as the deposed still Emir remain the recognised Emir of Kano
He revealed that the deposed Emir ‘ s legal team would be filling all necessary papers of Appeal against the Court of Appeal ruling at the Supreme Court, on Monday 13th of January.
Danbappa explained that there are three different cases pending before various courts regarding the Emirate issue, pointing out that the one fueling jubilation was just one of the cases.
“We called this briefing this morning to clarify the issue making wave that Emir Sanusi, was victorious in the ongoing Kano Emirate tussle, following last Friday ruling of the Court of Appeal which sat in Abuja,” he said.
“Our position on this is that there is not outa of truth I this. The only ruled that the case should be reopened by the Federal High Court that ruled on the appealed case does not have jurisdiction over the matter.
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“Since, the ruling was that the case, should be reassigned by the Kano Chief Judge to another state High Court to be adjudicated upon, no-one can claim to have won the case, as we have since instructed our Lawyers to appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court.
“The second thing is that if you look at the second case that was instituted by the state Commissioner for Justice, and the Kano State House of Assembly at the Kano State High Court, which the who presided over the case, granted all the prayers of the litigants, in which we have also appealed, they cannot says they have won.”
Danbappa, said that the deposed Emir is ready to seek justice over his removal upto the Supreme Court, with the hope of getting justice.
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