“AN ORDER of this Honorable Court mandating the Respondents/Defendants by themselves, agents servant, privies or assigns or any person acting on their behalves to maintain status quo ante bellum and or stay all actions and or further actions in connection with all matters dealing with and or on appertaining to the removal and or dethronement of Districts Heads in Sokoto State, particularly the Applicant as the District Head of Tambuwal in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State pending the hearing and determination of the motion for interlocutory injunction duly filed before this Honorable Court.
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In the suit, El-Rufai asked the court to declare the report of the Assembly probe as null and void having not been given the opportunity of fair hearing over the allegations levelled against him and his administration by the committee.
Burkaa identified exhibits F24 to F44 which are letters from the CBN to April 1616 Investments Limited, for the award of contracts for the supply of cars to the apex bank as well as documents showing requests for payments from the company to the CBN for the delivery of the cars, all signed by Emefiele.
“I hereby order that every step taken by the government is hereby nullified and becomes null and invalid and that this does not affect the validity of the repealed Emirates Law but actions taken by the Governor, which includes the assenting to the Law and the reappointment (of Sanusi).
The Federal High Court in Kano has abrogated the law promulgated by the State Assembly to dissolve the four Emirates…
The ruling was initially fixed for 12pm but the shift was announced before midday.
The appellant also prayed the court to stay execution of all orders particularly the Exparte Order granted on the 23rd of May 2024 by the lower court pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal presently before the Court.
The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman fixed the date to rule on a motion filed by counsel for Aminu Babba Dan’Agundi, who is seeking the court to declare the Kano Emirates Council (repeal) Law 2024 null and void.
“The court did not rule that Amaewhule remained speaker of the RSHA, neither did it declare the other 26 former lawmakers as members of the RSHA and the PDP.
“We call on the National Judicial Commission (NJC) to immediately wade into this issue at the Rivers State High Court, Degema, because the judgment will cause further damage to the already battered image of the judiciary”, the coalition said.