A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice A. M. Liman set aside the restoration of Muhammadu Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano.
The court refused to invalidate the Kano Emirate but set aside the state government's actions under the law.
The judge Justice Liman, while delivering the verdict, however, ordered that all parties maintain the status quo.
According to him, "I hereby set aside and order that all steps taken by the defendants in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Kano State be set aside.