Gov bans protests; police deployed in flashpoints NSCIA cautions ulama against unguarded comments By John C. Azu, Abbas Jimoh (Abuja), Datti Ahmad & Salim U..
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Azu, Abbas Jimoh (Abuja), Datti Ahmad & Salim U. Ibrahim, (Kano) The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday summoned the Chief Judges of the Federal High Court and the Kano State High Court, Justices John Tsoho and Dije Aboki respectively for delivering conflicting judgements in the Kano emirate dispute. The Director of Information of the National Judicial Council, Soji Oye, confirmed this to journalists in Abuja.
Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th Emir of Kano, are laying claims to the stool. Sanusi had been reinstated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf following the abolition of the law used by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to depose him in 2020. Upon Bayero’s return to Kano and his residence at Nassarawa Palace, Governor Yusuf ordered his arrest, citing concerns about escalating tension in the state.
This led to the deployment of troops to the Nassarawa Palace. The crisis took a new dimension when both camps obtained injunctions favourable to them, sparking confusion in the state. The summons by the CJN followed the conflicting court orders, which were delivered on May 24, 27 and 28 respectively.
In the first order, Justice Abdullahi M. Liman re.