The Northern Lawyers’ Forum has given Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf 48 hours ultimatum to sack Muhammad Sanusi as Emir of Kano and reinstate Aminu Ado Bayero.
The group warned that if the governor fails to retrace his steps, they would be forced to take “all necessary legal steps” to protect the judiciary and the interests of the people of Kano State.
The lawyers at a news briefing today, May 28, in Abuja, said that Sanusi’s reinstatement is “unconstitutional” and “contrary to the traditions and customs of the Kano Emirate.”
The forum’s Director General, Barrister Umar Sadiq Abubakar, said that Sanusi’s initial removal was in line with the laws and traditions of the Emirate, and that his reinstatement would “create chaos and undermine the rule of law” in the state.
Abubakar accused Governor Abba Yusuf of making a mockery of the country’s judiciary by willfully disobeying a Federal High Court ruling restraining him from reinstating Sanusi.
He said that the governor’s acclaimed injunction from the Kano State High Court, purporting to vacate the subsisting order is a clear affront to the authority of the Federal High Court and a dangerous precedent that undermines the hierarchy of the country’s courts.
