There was confusion in Kano on Sunday, December 15, when the emir of Bichi, Aminu Bayero, dismissed five kingmakers in the Bichi emirate council over alleged disloyalty to the new emirate created by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Among those sacked was the district head of Dambatta, Muktar Adnan, who was the longest-serving kingmaker in the state and reportedly turbaned late cof Kano, Ado Bayero, in 1963.
The Herald gathered that Ganduje created Bichi as one of the four new emirates to bring the total number of first-class emirs in Kano state to five.
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The emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, was the only first-class emir in the state before the creation of the new emirates and appointments of emirs by the Kano state governor.
It was also learnt that two district heads in Karate, another of the new emirates, were also dismissed the same day the Bichi emirate council sacked of five of its district heads.
The Herald gathered that a Kano state high court on Thursday, November 21, nullified the appointment and creation of four additional emirates by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Delivering the verdict, Justice Usman Na’abba, the presiding judge, declared that the creation of the four emirates did not follow due process.
Na’abba said the state house of assembly violated the provision of section 101 of the 1999 constitution which allows the assembly to make laws.
He said the challenges of the Kano emirate are “too weighty” and that the new ones will bring development closer to citizens. The judge, however, declared the creation null and void.