By Femi Anamelechi
The last battle for the Kano Emirs stool may not be over yet as Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday 14th 2025 halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law. The Appeal court also set aside the June 20, 2024 order of the Federal High Court in Kano, which nullified the Kano State Government’s actions under the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024, these actions included dissolving the five emirates created in 2019 and the reinstatement of Sanusi II as Emir. By implication, the final decision on the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano or otherwise would now await the pronouncement of the Supreme Court.
