The Kebbi State government has lost another appeal against the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Jokolo.
The state government along with 12 others filed an appeal against the judgement of the lower court, which bordered on the fundamental rights of the former emir.
According to the judgement of the lower court, the former emir was not given a fair hearing before his dethronement by the state government.
This was the second time the appellant court dealt with the subject matter and all in favour of Jokolo.
In their unanimous decision read by Justice Ebiowei Tobi on Monday, the court said the appeal lacked merit.
“I went through the judgment of the lower court and I did not see where the lower court based its decision on DW1 and DW 2 but on noncompliance to the chiefs appointment and deposition law of Kebbi State.
“I have looked at the judgement again and again that the lower court did not make mention of this evidence as the basis of the judgement.
“All the lower court did was to produce the Chiefs Appointment and Deposition Law of Kebbi State in coming to the conclusion that the first respondent was not accorded fair hearing.
“So, based on this, the appeal lacks merit and is therefore dismissed. By so doing, I reaffirm the judgement of the lower court delivered by Justice Abbas.
“And if you can remember, the sister appeal was equally determined in favour of the first respondent (Jokolo) because they were all talking about the same subject matter,” he said.
Responding to the judgement, the lead counsel to the appellants, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, thanked the court for the judgement, which he described as timely.
He, however, said the state government would appeal the judgement at the Supreme Court.
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