Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Mukhtar on Wednesday said that the appointment and presentation of staff of office to the newly created emirs in the state are completed actions.

According to the Commissioner, the Emirs Amendment and Appointment Bill was passed, gazetted and assented to by the Governor before the governor or his office was issued with a restraining order.

“It is a done deal. I was served on Monday, while the governor was served on Tuesday.

By maintaining status quo the court does not mean that the new emirs are void, rather Kano State now has five emirs including His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi ll,” the Commissioner said, The Triumph reports.

The Commissioner argued that the court has no legal power to reverse any completed action and the report making the round that the court has nullified the appointment of the new emirs is an evil machination by those who don’t mean well for the state.

Earlier on Wednesday, a High Court sitting in Kano and presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu had ordered the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Muhammadu Sanusi ll to maintain the status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the appointment of four new emirs in the state, pending the hearing of motion on notice.

Previously, the Speaker Kano State House of Assembly had argued that the legislature was responding to the aspirations and calls by some citizens of the state for the creation of the new emirates in order to accelerate socioeconomic development in the state.

On Monday, the Emirs Appointment and Deposition Bill passed the first and second reading and Monday the bill was signed into law and assented to by Governor Ganduje. The emirs received their letters of appointment on Friday and presented with the staff of office on Sunday each.