Kano Emirate Crisis: Federal court assumes jurisdiction in suit challenging reinstatement of Sanusi

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However, the judge, Abdullahi Liman, on Thursday ruled that the applicants’ claims were predicated on alleged fundamental rights breaches and not on chieftaincy issues. The repeal of the law means the dissolution of the four emirates created in 2019 – Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye – and the sacking of their emirs.

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