Appeal Court Ruling Does Not Invalidate Sanusi’s Reinstatement – Kano Govt

SATURDAY March 15, 2025 |TheNewsDESK

The Kano State government has stated that the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja does not invalidate Muhammadu Sanusi II’s reinstatement as the Emir.

TheNewsDESK reported that the Court of Appeal halted Sanusi’s reinstatement on Friday, March 14, 2025.

The presiding judge directed parties, including the Kano State House of Assembly, to maintain the status quo during Emir Ado Bayero’s reign.

In his reaction, Kano State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Barrister Haruna Isa Dederi said, “Having passed a landmark verdict on January 10, 2025, that reaffirmed the power of the Kano State government to reappoint Sanusi, it is impossible for the Court of Appeal to set aside or quash it’s own decision on the same matter,” TheSUN reports.

Dederi noted that the matter is “functua officio” and that only the Supreme Court has the power to set aside the decision of the Appeal Court handed by Justice Mohammad Mustapha on January 10, 2025.

“The Appeal Court today, after hearing their application for a stay of execution, ruled that the status quo should rather be maintained as it is now, until after the judgment of the Supreme Court. They have filed an appeal at the Supreme Court.

“It doesn’t mean that the judgment delivered on January 10, 2025, has been quashed. That judgment is still standing and still in place and subsisting.

“The Court of Appeal cannot reverse its own decision. It is not possible. It is only a Supreme Court that has the power to set aside the judgment given by a lower court,” he added.