According to a report from DAILY POST, the legal team representing Aminu Ado-Bayero, the 15th Emir of Kano, has withdrawn their legal services in the ongoing emirship tussle in Kano State.
The withdrawal comes amid a high-stakes battle over the state's traditional leadership structure.
The drama unfolded in a Kano State High Court hearing on Thursday, where the applicants - the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, and the Kano State House of Assembly - had filed a motion seeking to restrain Ado-Bayero and four other dethroned emirs from parading themselves as emirs.
Mr. Abdul Muhammed, one of the counsels representing Ado-Bayero, informed the court that he and his colleagues had filed an affidavit of fact dated July 3, along with a notice of appeal and a motion for a stay of proceedings.
Muhammed urged the court to adjourn the case to allow them to respond to the applicants' court processes, which he said they had only received that morning.
However, the court refused to grant the adjournment request, prompting Muhammed to make a surprising announcement.
"My Lord, myself and other counsels representing the first respondent apply for the withdrawal of our legal services and appearances," he told the judge.
In a separate development, counsel to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th respondents, Hassan Tanko-Kyaure, moved an application for an extension of time and a counter-affidavit in response to the originating motion.
Tanko-Kyaure urged the court to set aside the Kano State Emirates Council (Repeal) Law 2024, arguing that due process was not followed.
The court, led by Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, had previously refused the application for a stay of proceedings filed by the respondents, stating that they had not disclosed any special facts to warrant such a stay.
The judge has now adjourned the matter until July 18, when the court will rule on a series of pending applications, including the motion for an extension of time, a notice of preliminary objection, an application to set aside the ex parte order, a joinder application, and a request for the judge to recuse herself.