WorldStage Newsonline– The Kano State Police Command has assured that it will adhere strictly with the Court order halting the installation of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir in Kano
The Commissioner, Mr Usaini Gumel old newsmen on Saturday in Kano that the Federal High Court order in suit FHC/KN/CS/182/2024, dated May 23, 2024, was still subsisting and would be enforced.
This is coming as Gov. Abba Suffuse of Kano State ordered the immediate arrest of the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.
Gumel who spoke at a press conference held at the Police Headquarters in Bompai, Kano said the Court injunction would be obeyed, urged the public to “remain calm and patient” as the matter would be addressed by the court on June 3, 2024.
He warned that anyone found planning to disrupt the peace or jeopardize the existing security settings in the state would be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.
The police commissioner emphasised that the command, along with other security agencies, is committed to sustaining the peace and peaceful coexistence in the state, and warned miscreants to steer clear of violence.
He added that anyone found with such tendencies would be dealt with, according to the law of the land.
The Federal High Court had, on Thursday, halted the installation of a new Emir after the state government abrogated the Emirates Council Law which effectively dissolved the five Emirates created by former Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Governor Abba Suffuse on Thursday signed the Kano Emirate Bill (2024), into law and announced the return of former CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as as Emir of Kano.
Sanusi had been removed from office in March 2020 by Ganduje, who cited insubordination as reason for his action.
Suffuse also deposed the Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Karaye, Rano and Gaya and ordered them to vacate their Palaces.
They were also directed to hand over instruments of power to Deputy Governor Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, who is also the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
The Court has, however, faulted the implementation of the new Kano Emirate law, and ordered that its implementation be suspended.
ARREST
A statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, Director-General, Media and Publicity, issued on Saturday in Kano, said that the order for the immediate arrest of the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero became necessary because Bayero was “creating tension in the state”.
It said that the former Emir was “smuggled into Kano city last night in an attempt to forcefully return to the palace, two days after being deposed”.
It further confirmed that the new Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, arrived at the palace in the company of the Governor, Deputy Governor, the Speaker of the State Assembly, and other top government functionaries at about 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, 25th May, 2024.
The statement said that Gov. Suffuse, as Chief Security Officer of the state, had directed the Commissioner of Police to arrest the deposed Emir “with immediate effect for disturbing public peace and attempting to destroy the relative peace the state enjoys”.
