SANUSI SHOULDN'T PARADE HIMSELF AS EMIR OF KANO, SAYS PLAINTIFF. (PHOTO).

 Sanusi shouldn’t parade himself as Emir of Kano, says plaintiff

Kingmaker, Aminu Baba-Dan’Agundi, on Saturday advised Muhammadu Sunusi II not to parade himself as the 16th Emir of Kano, following Friday’s Court of Appeal’s ruling on the emirship tussle.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday stopped the enforcement of its January 10 judgment setting aside the June 20 order by Justice Abubakar Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, nullifying the steps/actions taken by the Kano State Government pursuant to the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024, including the appointment of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano.

The Appeal Court granted the order for stay of execution, pending the determination of the pending appeals before the Supreme Court, in two rulings in two applications, filed by Agundi.

The plaintiff (Agundi), while briefing reporters in Kano on Saturday said: “For any other reason, Sunusi Lamido or Sunusi II should not parade himself as the Emir of Kano. If he does, it will amounts to contempt of court and I will sue him, and I don’t think he (Sanusi) will do it, because of this ruling by the honorable Court of Appeal.”

Agundi said based on the ruling that granted a mandatory injunction or order that both parties shall maintain their status quo ante bellum, Aminu Ado Bayero, who was dethroned by the Abba Yusuf administration, remains the Emir of Kano.

He said his reaction to the ruling became mandatory because he was hearing so many interpretations, including misinterpretations for different people and even the state government.

Agundi said he is in court on behalf of himself, Bayero and the four other dethroned emirs.

He explained that the appellate court had ruled that the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by him on which basis Justice Liman issued the June 20 order, was invalid and that the Federal High Court lacked the jurisdiction to hear it.

Not satisfied, he appealed the judgment to the Supreme Court and filed both applications for stay of execution pending the determination of his appeal before the apex court.

In its ruling, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, headed by Justice Okon Abang, said the court found that the applications for stay of execution was meritorious and deserving of the court’s discretion in the interest of justice.

The plaintiff expressed satisfaction that two of his prayers were answered by the Court of Appeal, particularly by granting an injunction restraining the respondents from enforcing the Judgment of the Court of Appeal in Appeal No. CA/KN/126/2024, Kano State House of Assembly and Anor. vs. Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi and others.

He said he was going to serve the Inspector General of Police, the DSS, the police commissioner in Kano and all other security agencies that are defendants in the case, with true certified copies of the ruling for peace and order to be maintained in Kano state, while awaiting the verdict of the Supreme Court.