Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has issued a letter of appointment to Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano, returned after about four years of being dethroned.
The governor, while presenting the letter to Sanusi today, May 24, accused the judge who issued an order restraining him from appointing the new Emir, of the abuse of judicial process. He vowed to report such abuse of court orders to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).
“The person (judge) that issued the court order was in America but he is ordering us to stop what we are doing.
“This issue of abuse I must present before the Governor’s Forum so that we can tackle it accordingly.
“We are agents of following due process, that’s why we did what we did openly before everybody.
“Those that are meant to maintain that rule of law must follow that also.”
The judge, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, had granted an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of police, Kano state police commissioner, Nigeria security and civil defense corps NSCDC and the department of state service DSS from enforcing, executing, implementing or operationalizing the Kano state emirate council (repeal) law.
The judge granted the order based on a motion filed by Aminu Babba Danagundi who held the title of Sarkin Dawaki Babba.
