The appeals over the reinstatement of the deposed Al-Mustapha Haruna Jokolo as the Emir of Gwandu would be determined by the Supreme Court on June 6.
The case has been on for 20 years.
The apex court fixed the date on Tuesday after the parties argued their briefs in the court.
The panel, presided over by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, who leads a five-members team of justices, said the four appeals and cross appeals will abide by the decision on one of the appeals.
Earlier, counsel to the Kebbi State government, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), requested the panel to grant leave to file additional grounds of his cross-appeal filed on March 19, 2025, against the Court of Appeal judgment of April 14, 2016.
Maikyau told the court to dismiss the Court of Appeal judgement and order the reinstatement of Jokolo, adding that he failed to establish his entitlement to the declaratory reliefs sought in the application by adducing legally admissible evidence in support of his claim.
He said the High Court of Kebbi has no jurisdiction to entertain the claims of Jokolo as it did on December 11, 2014, thus, the proceedings at the Court of Appeal were null, void and of no effect whatsoever.
However, Jokolo’s counsel, Sylvester Imhanobe Esq, told the panel to dismiss the cross appeal with substantial costs against the Kebbi State Governor, Attorney General of Kebbi State, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar, among others as they did not present any facts to disturb the concurrent findings of the lower courts that the state governor failed to convoke the requisite inquiry as provided by Section 6 of the Chiefs (Appointment and Deposition) Law of Kebbi State before his deposition.
In earlier judgments of the High Court in 2005 and the Court of Appeal in Sokoto on April 14, 2016, the courts ordered that Jokolo’s salaries and entitlements for the 10 years he was out of office should be paid to him.
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