HURIWA condemns removal of Emir of Kano, Asks Oshiomhole to obey court order

By Lanre Oloyede

Prominent civil Rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria, HURIWA, has carpeted the Kano state governor Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje for hurriedly dethroning the powerful Emir of Kano state even whilst there is pending litigation before the court of competent jurisdiction.

The Rights group said it was sad and unfortunate that the national ruling party- All Progressives Congress, APC, at all levels have carried out actions or made confrontational statements that have belittled the functions and constitutional powers of the judiciary.

The group said the action of the Kano state governor to unilaterally remove  the Emir of Kano without waiting for the matters instituted by the Emir to be determined one way or the other is another manifestations of the disdainful way the All Progressives Congress looks at the judicial arm of government. 

In another development, HURIWA has warned the suspended national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to stop his open rebellion against constituted and competent court of law and proceed on suspension pending the determination of the matter before justice Danlami Senchi of Abuja High Court or his appeal against the restraining order against him made by the Abuja High court.

HURIWA said it was an abomination for a man in the position of Adams Oshiomhole to even remotely be involved in actions that may be interpreted as forum shopping with the sinister motive to undermine the constitutional powers of the Courts of law. 

“We expect the much respected erstwhile unionist and a two terms state governor Adams Oshiomhole to dissociate himself completely from the counter order from the Federal High Court in Kano which illegally aimed at overturning an earlier decision of court of same coordinate jurisdiction made by Honorable Justice Danlami Senchi of the Abuja High Court.

“As one of those who has benefitted from the good fruits of judicial adjudication, we expect the suspended national chairman of APC not to be in the band wagon of lawless politicians who do not mean well for our constitutional democracy by roaming about the courts to obtain injunctions which they think can override orders made by court of coordinate jurisdiction,” the group said.

Speaking specifically on the reported dethronement of the Emir of Kano by the Kano state governor, the Rights group dismissed the action as lawless and a primitive show of brute force and a resort to crude self-help measures since the embattled Emir was already in the Kano state High court challenging his invitation by the Kano state House of Assembly over so-called allegations of corruptions.

“We in HURIWA hereby call on the Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reverse his illegal decision to dismiss the Emir of Kano and await the determination of the matter the traditional ruler filed before the competent court of law.

The Kano state governor has benefitted so much from the court system. How come he is behind this indescribable affront against the judiciary? Section 6 is clear on the powers of the judiciary and whilst the matter is pending, it is illegal to seek to foist a fait accompli on the court.