Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that Kano State must only have one Emir, as affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and emphasized that the 16th Emir of Kano has come to stay despite opposition.
Falana made this declaration during the 21st Memorial Lecture of Chief Gani Fawehinmi in Lagos.
He said, “But as for us as lawyers, when we are gathered there, we must tell ourselves some basic truths. Your majesty, we want to congratulate you for your victory in the court of appeal.
“Your opponents say they are going to the Supreme Court as far as the law is concerned, and it’s so certain and this is where the NBA must come in. Where the law has been settled, that the traditional institution is not a fundamental right matter. So, you can’t say as a traditional ruler, you are going to enforce your fundamental rights in court.
“Two, the court again has made the point that the federal high court has no jurisdiction on chieftaincy matters. So if some of our colleagues are deceiving their clients and they are causing problems in the country, the NBA owes it a duty to begin to intervene and call our colleagues to order.
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“Your majesty, wherever they are going, whether Supreme Court or whatever, you have come to stay. And we must only have one Emir in Kano. We can’t have two Emirs in Kano, two speakers in Rivers. This confusion must stop.”
A three-member panel of justices on Friday ruled that the nullification of Sanusi II’s appointment was done without the required jurisdiction and ordered the transfer of the suit to the Kano State High Court.
Justice Kolawole clarified that the matter, being a chieftaincy dispute, should have been determined by the Kano State High Court rather than the Federal High Court.
Reacting to the development, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the principal plaintiff in the Kano emirates tussle and a loyalist of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the 16th Emir of Kano, stated that the battleground had just been drawn.
He added that he was prepared to pursue the case for the next 20 years if necessary.
Danagundi disclosed that he had instructed his lawyers to file an appeal at the Supreme Court, indicating his determination to continue the legal battle.
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