The dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has extended an invitation to all district heads in Kano Emirate to participate in the annual traditional durbar event in celebration of Eid-el-Kabir festival.
Pointblanknews.com reports that Bayero’s plan to host the durbar comes amid his dethronement by the Kano State Government and the attendant legal tussle over the Kano Emirship.
The announcement, detailed in a circular signed by a senior councilor, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, who is the Galadiman Kano, marked a significant move by the embattled Bayero to assert his position as the ‘Emir of Kano’.
The circular, dated June 10, 2024, called on district heads to gather at Aminu Ado Bayero’s palace at Gidan Nassarawa, for the traditional durbar ceremony.
Following the Tuesday’s Kano High Court sitting on the emirship tussle, Bayero is expected to meet with all district heads to outline the proceedings for this year’s durbar celebrations. The circular also noted that local government chairmen have been informed to facilitate the smooth transportation of district heads to Kano metropolis for the occasion.
Meanwhile, legal proceedings concerning the Kano throne continue to unfold. The lack of service of court processes on Bayero stalled the hearing on Tuesday in the Kano State High Court.
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, reported difficulties in serving court papers on Bayero and four other dethroned emirs of defunct Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye Emirates.
Counsel to the applicants, Ibrahim Isah-Wangida Esq, filed a motion ex parte on May 27, 2024, seeking to restrain the dethroned emirs from parading themselves as emirs.
Abdulsalam Saleh, counsel to the Inspector-General of Police, explained to the court that efforts to serve the respondents were unsuccessful. Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, however, criticised the failure to serve the papers, stating that the law requires only the service of documents and not the enforcement of arrest or intimidation.
The case was adjourned to June 24 for further hearing.