Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -The Kano House of Assembly has passed a bill to create second-class emirates in the state.
The
bill was introduced on Monday, July 15, and passed second and third readings on
Tuesday, July 16.
The legislation is seeking to create
three emirates — Rano (Rano, Bunkure, Kibiya), Karaye (Karaye, Rogo), and Gaya
(Gaya, Ajingi, Albasu).
The second class emirates will be
under Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano.
This comes a day after a Kano state
high court permanently restrained Aminu Bayero from parading himself
as the Emir of Kano pending the determination of a suit.
Aminu Aliyu, the presiding judge,
also restrained four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye
from parading themselves as monarchs.
On May 23, Sanusi was
reinstated as emir by Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, at a colourful
ceremony in the government house.
The Kano House of Assembly repealed
the law used by Abdullahi Ganduje, former governor of the state, to depose and
exile Sanusi in 2020.
This paved the way for the
reinstatement of Sanusi and the dethronement of Bayero.
Since his dethronement, Bayero has
been residing at the smaller Nassarawa palace.
The emirship tussle in Kano has
heightened tension in the state after Bayero returned just hours after he was
deposed and went to the Nasarawa Palace.
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