The Supreme Court on Wednesday shifted hearing in the long-drawn legal battle on the Gwandu Emirate of Kebbi State by two years.
During a resumed sitting on the protracted Gwandu Emirate headship tussle which commenced in 2005, the apex court Justices led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola adjourned the matter to November 2023 in the face of a fresh appeal filed by one of the appellants at the Court of Appeal. The proceeding was for the Court to hear a motion for substitution of the names of deceased kingmakers in the three appeals marked SC2/2013 ; SC314/2016 ; and SC266/2017 , informed the panel that he has a fresh appeal challenging jurisdiction at the Court of Appeal .
The PUNCH reported that Emir Jokolo was deposed in 2005 and went to a State High Court to challenge his dethronement.In 2014, a Kebbi State High Court 6 in Birnin Kebbi, ordered his immediate reinstatement, having been satisfied that he was illegally and unlawfully deposed.