A Kano State High Court has fixed 10th October, 2024 for ruling in an interlocutory application seeking to restrain the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero from renovating the Nassarawa mini Palace located along the State Road.
Bayero has been staying in the Nassarawa mini Palace since his deposition on 25th May 2024.
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The applicants are the Kano State Government, Attorney General of Kano and Kano Emirate Council, through their counsel Rilwanu Umar SAN, filed a motion exparte dated 12th September, 2024.
The applicants are seeking the court to restrain Bayero from renovating the Nasarawa mini palace situated along State Road Kano.in the metropolis.
Emir Bayero is the sole respondent in the suit.
When the case came up for hearing in the motion on notice, Counsel to the applicants, Habib Akilu, told the court that the defendant was not represented and the substantive suit was ripe for hearing.
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Akilu therefore moved the interlocutory application seeking to stop the defendant from reconstructing or changing the mini palace.
The presiding Judge and Chief Judge of Kano State, Justice Dije Aboki, adjourned the matter until 10th October, 2024, for ruling and mention of the substantive suit.
Justice Aboki ordered that all processes should be pasted on the notice board of the court.
Recall that the court had on 13th September, 2024, granted an order of Interim Injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, privies, or anyone acting under the instruction in whatever manner from demolishing, renovating and repairing.
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“Reconstructing and refurbishing the property known as Gidan Sarki Nasarawa situated along State Road, Kano pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice”
The court further directed parties involved in the suit to maintain status quo in respect of the structural and architectural design of the palace pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
