On Friday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja stopped the implementation of its ruling that restored Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank, CBN, as the 16th Emir of Kano.
In order to await the conclusion of an appeal that is currently pending before the Supreme Court, the appellate court, which was composed of three members and led by Justice Okon Abang, unanimously decided to postpone the implementation of the verdict.
The court determined that the applications CA/KN/27M/2025 and CA/KN/28M/2025, which were submitted to it regarding the Kano Emirate dispute, had merit.
In particular, the appellate court ruled that: “An injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondents (Kano State House of Assembly, Kano State Government, etc.) from enforcing the judgement of this Court in Appeal No. by themselves, their agents, privies, servants, or personal representatives.”
CA/KN/126/2024 – Kano State House of Assembly & Anor Vs Alhaji Aminu Babba-Dan’Agundi & Others, delivered on 10/1/2025, pending the hearing and determination of the Applicant’s appeal filed on 24/1/2025 before the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”
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While giving the Applicant 48 hours to provide an undertaking to pay the Respondents damages in the event that the orders should not have been issued, the panel also instructed the parties to maintain the status quo ante bellum until the apex court’s decision.
Recall that the Federal High Court’s June 20, 2024, ruling by Justice Abubakar Liman was overturned by the appellate court on January 10, rendering the Kano State Emirates Council (Repeal) Law 2024, which allowed for Sanusi’s reappointment, void.
The appellate court claimed that Justice Liman lacked the authority to declare the actions taken by the Kano State Government in accordance with the 2024 Emirates Council Law invalid.
It held that a fundamental rights enforcement suit that was filed by an aggrieved kingmaker in the state, Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, which the high court judge relied upon to issue the order, was incompetent.
