The court of appeal in Abuja has ordered a fresh
hearing of the Kano state emirship tussle involving Aminu Bayero.
In a judgment delivered on Friday, a three-member
panel of justices led by Mohammed Mustapha, faulted the verdict of the Kano
state high court.
The high court had stopped Bayero and four other
dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as
emirs.
The appellate court held that in the ruling delivered
by Amina Adamu Aliyu, trial judge, on July 15, Bayero was denied fair hearing
due to the “shoddy manner” the high court conducted its proceedings.
Mustapha said the high court was unfair to Bayero by
conducting proceedings without serving him a hearing notice to enable him
present his case.
The lead justice held that all courts of law are bound
to ensure justice for all parties by giving them equal opportunities, adding
that the conduct of the proceedings against Bayero amounted to a travesty of
justice.
Consequently, the appellate court ordered that the
case be remitted to the chief judge of the Kano state high court for
reassignment to another judge for expeditious determination.
Lamido Sanusi was reinstated as emir by Abba Yusuf,
governor of Kano, at a colourful ceremony in the government house on May 24.
The Kano house of assembly repealed the law that
Abdullahi Ganduje, former governor of the state, used to depose and exile
Sanusi in 2020.
The repeal paved the way for the reinstatement of
Sanusi and the dethronement of Bayero.
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