The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll has been restrained by a High Court in Kano on Friday from demolishing any historical structure within the palace pending the determination of the substantive application filed before it by the emir’s uncle Alhaji Salim Abubakar Bayero (grandson of the 10th emir of Kano, late Sarki Abdullahi Bayero). Bayero dragged the Emir to court over his alleged plan to demolish some historical structures in the palace to build offices for district heads. Other parties in the case are the Kano Emirate Council and the Attorney General of Kano state.
According to the restraining order contained in a one-page interim injunction dated 30th October, 2015, signed by the Kano state Director of Litigation, it reads in parts; “That an order for interim injunction is hereby made restraining Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll and Kano Emirate Council, the 1st and 2nd defendants in the case from demolishing and or tampering with any structure in the Kano emir’s palace (Gidan Rumfa) by virtue of being ‘Yan Fulani or Bayin Sarki pending the determination of the substantive application.” The case has been slated for hearing by the presiding judge on November 12, 2015.
