The Kano State Police Command has placed a ban on all Durbar activities during the 2025 Eid-El-Fitr festivities.
The ban was communicated in a statement put out by the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, during a press briefing on Friday, March 28.
According to the police boss, security assessments revealed growing tensions and potential threats associated with the Durbar, which could lead to unrest.
It will be recalled that, the Kano State House of Assembly had on May 23, last year, enacted the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024, which the state Governor, Abba Yusuf, assented to on the same day.
Governor Yusuf among other things, deposed the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and also reversed the status of the emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye emirates to that of district heads, following the collapse of their emirates.
The Governor also, reappointed the 14th Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed in 2020 by the immediate past Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who had also enacted the law that splits the Kano emirates into five.
Kano Emirate Council is one of the richest traditional institutions in Nigeria- with asset running into billions of Naira.
