Amid the controversy trailing Kano Emirate tussle, the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has appointed Hamisu Sani as the new Ward Head of Kofar Mazugal.
The appointment of Sani in the Dala Local Government area of the state is the first appointment barely a week after he was reinstalled as the Emir.
Sanusi, the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, approved the appointment on Thursday, Vanguard reports.
The emir called on the new ward Head to ensure peaceful coexistence among the subjects of the area and contribute his quota towards the development of the state as a whole.
Earlier, district heads and personalities such as delegations from religious and market bodies paid homage on Emir Sanusi at the palace.
The delegation included the Ansarulddeen Tijjanniya sect and Traders from Kano popular textile market (Kantin Kwari) as well as the commodities market (singer market) among others.
Recall that Sanusi II was reinstalled as the Emir of Kano last Thursday after the Kano State House of Assembly and Governor Abba Yusuf repealed and accented the Kano State Emirates Councils (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.
It was reported on May 28 that the Federal High Court sitting in Kano ordered the eviction of Muhammadu Sanusi II from the palace.
It was also reported on Monday that the High Court of Kano State had granted an order restraining the newly sacked Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and four others from parading themselves as monarchs in the state.
The order, which was granted after an ex parte motion was heard by the court, mandated all the dethroned Emirs from acting in their official capacity and asked them to immediately leave their palaces.
The court also compelled the Nigeria Police Force to take over a palace of the Emir of Kano being presently occupied by Ado Bayero and ensured the former Emir was evicted promptly.
It was reported on May 24, 2024, that a Federal High Court sitting in Kano State had ordered the Kano State Government to enforce the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law.
The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an Exparte application in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/182/2024 brought by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate as plaintiff against the Kano State Government, Kano State House of Assembly, The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Attorney General of Kano State, Commissioner of Police, Kano State, Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Security (D.S.S.) as 1 – 8 defendants.
Reports also have it on Thursday 23rd May, that the Kano State House of Assembly, had, dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state.
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