A High Court in Kano on Monday fixed February 27, for the continuation of hearing in an application filed by some Kano Elders, seeking an order stopping the new law that created four First Class Emirates in Kano. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit, filed by Alhaji Bashir Usman-Tofa and 19 others, is challenging the law that created the four new first Class Emirates. The respondents in the suit are the governor of Kano State, the speaker Kano House of Assembly, Kano State House of Assembly, the Attorney General of Kano, Tafida Abubakar-Ila, Ibrahim Abdulkadir-Gaya, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar II, Aminu Ado-Bayero, Kano Emirate Council and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. Justice Nura Sagir told the court that the joinder application is not ripe for hearing and adjourned until March 19, for the hearing of joinder application. Sagir also adjourned the suit until February 27, for the continuation of hearing of the interlocutory application.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 27, 2020 14:03 UTC