The Kano State High Court has ordered substituted service on dethroned Emir Aminu Ado Bayero and four other emirs in a petition brought by the Kano State Government to prevent them from acting as emirs.
After hearing arguments from both plaintiff and defendant counsel, the sitting judge, Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, inquired whether the deposed emirs had been served with court notices, but was advised that none had been served because they could not be seen.
The judge subsequently postponed further proceedings in the case until June 24, directing that court notices be served on the dethroned emirs of Kano, Karaye, Rano, Bichi, and Gaya via substituted means.
The lawsuit was filed by the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, the Kano House of Assembly, and the Kano state government. The government enacted a law dissolving the four new emirates and dethroning Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano.