BREAKING: Court Sacks Kano Emirs Appointed By Ganduje

The appointment and installation of four new Emirs by the Kano State Government over the weekend was were declared null and void by the high court sitting in Kano on Wednesday.

Four Kingmakers in the Kano Emirate have filed case against the Governor of Kano State, Abdullah Ganduje for segmented Kano emirate into four and installed four new Emirs.

According tot the news reaching OSUN REPORTERS, the suit with number K/19/2019 filed on Tuesday at the state high court, Ganduje, State House of Assembly, Artorny General of the state and five others were listed as the defendants.

The report says, the kingmakers claimed the governor’s action of breaking up the emirate was done in bad faith and the action was a desecration of the tradition. Seeking a declaration that the governor lacks the power under the existing “Emirs law of Kano State, 1991 to appoint Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, Karaye or any other person and that the appointments made are unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.”