A High Court in Sokoto state has prohibited Governor Ahmed Aliyu from dethroning two traditional rulers in the state.
The presiding judge, Justice Kabiru Ibrahim Ahmed, had given the order singly, as sought by the District Heads of Tambuwal and Kebbe, Buhari Dahiru Tambuwal and Abubakar Kassim, on Thursday, July 27.
Justice Ahmed had ordered the Governor, the state’s Attorney General and the Sokoto Sultanate Council, their agents’ servants, privies or assigns, to stay action, regarding Kebbe and Tambuwal monarchs, until the hearing and determination of the motion for interlocutory injunction filed by their counsel, Ibrahim Abdullahi (SAN).
This is coming after the state government previously expelled both monarchs, along with 12 others, for purported insubordination and for allegedly inciting insecurity in the state.
The governor had also sent a bill to the State Assembly, looking for an amendment to the state Local Government Law, which was passed for a second reading on Wednesday and was subsequently, referred to a House Committee.
The bill has now been set for a public hearing on Tuesday, and if passed, it would confer on the governor, exclusive powers to appoint and dethrone traditional rulers, district and village heads in the state.
