*Strikes out suit filed at Federal High Court, orders retrial of High Court case
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday nullified two separate judgements of both the Federal High Court in Kano and the Kano State High Court in respect of the litigations surrounding the emirship of Kano.
Aminu Ado Bayero and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi alongside the Kano State Government are currently locked in legal battle over who is the authentic Emir of Kano.
While the Federal High Court in its judgement delivered on June 20, last year had ruled in favour of the deposed Ado Bayero, the State High Court had in its judgement delivered on July 15 favoured Sanusi and the Kano State Government.
However, delivering judgements in five separate appeals against the two lower courts judgements, the appellate court held that two lower courts erred in law in arriving at their various conclusions and subsequently declared the two judgements a…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
