Bichi and Rano Emirates in Kano State filed a fresh application before Kano chief judge, Justice Nura Sagir, challenging the Kano Concern Elders’ prayers against the new emirate council laws. In their separate applications, the communities are seeking an injunction to join suit with the concern elders before the court. Bichi and Rano communities are parts of four new emirate councils enacted by Kano state house of assembly and signed into law by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. After the argument, Justice Sagir ruled against the hearing of the joinders applications and stood same till 19th March 2020. The attorney-general had filed preliminary objection during the last sitting, challenging the locus standi of the plaintiff and the court.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2020 10:52 UTC