A Kano State High Court has fixed October 10, 2024, to rule on an application seeking to prevent the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, from renovating the Nassarawa mini palace, located on State Road, Kano.
Kano State Government, the state’s attorney general and the Kano Emirate Council filed the motion through their counsel Rilwanu Umar on September 12, 2024.
The suit aims to restrain Ado-Bayero, who is the sole respondent, from making any modifications to the mini palace.
Since Muhammadu Sanusi’s return as Emir, Ado-Bayero has refused to leave the Nassarawa palace.
During the hearing, counsel for the applicants Habib Akilu informed the court that the defendant was not represented, stating that the substantive suit was ready for hearing.
He then proceeded to move the interlocutory application, asking the court to prevent the former Emir from altering or reconstructing the palace.
Justice Abdu-Aboki ordered that all legal processes be pasted on the court’s notice board.
On September 13, 2024, the court issued an interim injunction restraining Ado-Bayero, his agents, or anyone acting on his behalf from demolishing, renovating, repairing, or reconstructing the Nassarawa mini palace, pending the hearing of the main suit.
The court also directed all parties involved to maintain the current state of the palace’s structural and architectural design until the case was fully resolved.
