A Kano State high court on Wednesday declared the appointment and the installation of four new emirs by the Kano State government as null and void.
The emirs were installed by the Governor Umaru Ganduje at the weekend following the balkanisation of the century-old emirate by the Kano State government.
Ganduje has been accused of carrying out a personal vendetta against the Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II to whittle down his influence in one of Nigeria’s oldest traditional institutions.
But the governor insisted the future of the state was taken into consideration before Kano Emirate was divided into five smaller units.
“For easier local administration as Kano State moves in a new direction to deliver community-based growth, we have decided to create four new Emirates for our great state,” Ganduje said.
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