The Kano State House of Assembly passed a bill into law on Tuesday that would establish second-class Emirates in the state.
It should be noted that the House held the first reading of the measure before going on recess, which they resumed yesterday.
Following the bill’s second and third readings, Deputy Speaker Muhammad Butubutu moved for its acceptance and passage during a plenary session presided over by Speaker Jibril Falgore.
The new second-class emirates to be established are Rano Emirate: Rano-Bunkure, Kibiya; Karaye Emirate: Karaye-Rogo; and Gaya Emirate: Gaya-Ajingi, Albasu.
It should be noted that the Kano State Government has been mired in an emirship dispute for two years, with Emir Muhammad Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero vying for the role.
The unending emirate tussle in the state led to a Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Alibi on Monday to permanently bar Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from parading himself as the emir of Kano.
The court also prohibited the ousted emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from representing themselves as emirs.
The State government filed a suit against the five deposed emirs, which the judge ruled on.
The suit came when the State House of Assembly repealed the Kano Emirate Law 2019 on May 23, 2024, which abolished the five emirates established by ex-Governor Umar Ganduje from the previous Emirate.
