Former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has rejected the judgment of the Appeal Court which nullified a Federal High Court order that removed Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th emir of Kano.
He stated Sunday that he will be heading to the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict.
The Sarkin Dawaki Babba, Aminu Babba DanAgundi, who filed the suit that was struck out by the Appeal Court, spoke to newsmen at the Nasarawa palace of the 15th emir of Kano, saying: “Sanusi did not even understand that he has completely lost out in the whole of the cases at hand.
“That is why I expressed regrets over remarks by the 16th emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, using the Mosque pillar to propagate something that was not true and did not happen at the Appeal Court.
“We initially went to Federal High Court seeking the nullification of the repeal law by the state assembly, which we felt was done haphazardly.
“The position of Muhammadu Sanusi II that he emerged victorious was wrong. The court said the Federal High Court has no legal right to hear issues with regards to chieftaincy affairs. But what we went to court for was different.
“We were not arguing on the powers of state assembly to enact of repeal laws, what we were asking was lack of fair hearing on the 15th Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, that he was removed without given him chance to protect himself.
“The state assembly didn’t follow the right procedures in repealing the laws,” he added.
Sarkin Baaba wants the Police and the DSS to stop Sanusi from moving around with thugs ebven as he accused the emir of plotting to disrupt peace in Kano.
He stated further that Sanusi cannot claim victory until the Supreme Court judgment has been given.
“The Attorney General and Speaker of the Kano state assembly went to court seeking to stop Bayero from parading himself as emir, but the Appeal Court rejected that position and said that Bayero was not given fair hearing.
“By this, it clearly shows that Bayero is still the emir of Kano.”
