He urged the court to stay proceedings, pending the hearing and determination of the motion at the appeal court.

Mohammed also sought an adjournment to enable the team of lawyers to respond to the applications but the court declined to grant his prayers.Dissatisfied with the ruling, he made known his withdrawal of service from the case.

Another member of the team, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sanusi Musa also announced the withdrawal of other lawyers for the first respondent, after which the team of lawyers staged a walkout from the hearing.

Counsel for the third, fourth, and fifth respondents, Hassan Tanko-Kyaure, moved his application for an extension of time dated July 2 and counter affidavit in response to the originating motion.

He urged the court to set aside the Kano State Emirates Council (Repeal) Law 2024, adding that due process was not followed. 

Tanko-Kyaure also urged the court to dismiss the applicant’s application with a cost of N1 billion.

Counsel for the Inspector-General of Police,  Sunday Ekwe, told the court that he had nothing to present, as he had left everything to the discretion of the court.

Counsel for the applicant, Eyitayo Fatogun, asked the court to discountenance the respondent’s affidavit of facts pursuant to Order 39, Rules 1 and 2 of the court.

Fatogun urged the court to dismiss the third, fourth and fifth respondents’ applications on the issue of Kano Emirate Repeal Law because the issue is not before the court.

Before that, Justice Adamu-Aliyu had refused the application for a stay of proceedings filed by the respondent.

The court has adjourned till July 18 to rule on an application for an extension of time, notice of preliminary objection.

Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu fixed the date for ruling after listening to the parties in the suit.

The judge will also rule on an application seeking to set aside an exparte order of the court as well as the joinder of parties to the case.

The judge also barred all lawyers in the case from granting media interviews until the substantive case was determined.

The applicants in the matter are the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly.

Through their counsel, Ibrahim Isah-Wangida, the applicants filed a motion ex parte dated May 27. 

They are asking the court to restrain Ado-Bayero and four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs.

The respondents are Ado-Bayero, Alhaji Nasiru Ado-Bayero Bichi Emir, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar ll, emir of Karaye, Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad-Inuwa, Emir of Rano and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya, Emir of Gaya.

Others are the Inspector General of Police, Director of State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Nigeria Army.

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The applicant, Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, Aminu Babba Dan’Agundi had approached the Court seeking his fundamental human rights and that the court should restrain the respondents from enforcing, implementing and operationalizing the repealed law.

The respondents in the suit are Kano State Government as 1st respondent, Kano State House of Assembly ,2nd, Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly ,3rd, Attorney General of Kano State ,4th, Kano Commissioner of Police ,5th, Inspector General of Police, IGP ,6th, NSCDC and DSS as 7th and 8th respondents.
At the resumed hearing , counsel to the applicant, M. S Waziri told the court that they have filed a written address dated June 6th, 2024.

Responding, counsel to the 1st and 4th respondents, Mahmoud Abubakar Magaji SAN urged the court to decline the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

He argued that the law has gone through legislative processes, first, second and third reading and the order came only after the action was done and his client was only served on a Monday of the following week.
He therefore urged the court to decline to entertain the matter on the issue of jurisdiction.

On his part, counsel to the 2nd and 3rd respondents, Ibrahim Isah Wangida aligned himself with the submission of the 1st and 4th respondents arguing that the applicant cannot claim his rights was breached as the 2024 law was repealed and accented to before the applicant filed action.

Earlier, counsel to the 5th and 6th respondents, Sunday Ekwe told the court that they did not file any issue on jurisdiction because the duty of the police is to maintain peace and wait to carry out order of the Court.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Liman however, adjourned the matter to 13th June, 2024 for ruling on jurisdiction.

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