WAS JUSTICE LIMAN’S SIGNATURE ON KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE FORGED?

WAS JUSTICE LIMAN’S SIGNATURE ON KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE FORGED?

A fresh finding has raised suspicion of forgery in the controversial order issued by Justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano on the emirship tussle in the state.

Justice Liman had on Thursday last week granted an ex-parte order restraining the Kano State Government from implementing an already signed law and halted the reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II.

Findings revealed that the signature appended to the certified true copy, CTC, of the judgement on the Kano emirate tussle is different from previous signatures of Justice Liman.

Also, unlike in Justice Liman’s similar orders or judgements, where Liman appended his signature on all pages of the CTC, this was not the case in this controversial order as the signature was appended only on the cover page.

Our correspondent further gathered that out of the 8th respondents in the suits, only the Inspector General of Police, IGP, was served the controversial judgement, while all other parties were not served.

The respondents include the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, the state Attorney-General, the Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the State Security Service.

Recall that Governor Abba Yusuf had assented to the repeal of the Kano Emirates Council Law amended by the state house of assembly and announced the reinstatement of Mr Sanusi as the new emir.

The new law repealed the 2019 law signed by former governor of the state Abdullahi Ganduje that created five emirates in the state.

He also ordered the deposed emirs to vacate the state within 48 hours.Peoplesvoice recalls that the judge gave the controversial order while in the United States.