The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law.
The ruling was delivered by a three-man Appeal Court panel led by Justice Okon Abang.
In its ruling, the court also set aside the June 20 2024 order of the Federal High Court in Kano, which nullified the Kano State Government’s actions under the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024, these actions included dissolving the five emirates created in 2019 and the reinstatement of Sanusi II as Emir.