Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Friday,ordered a fresh hearing in the legal feud between the deposed Emir,
Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero and the reinstated Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido.
Justice Mohammed Mustapha,who led a three-man panel of the appellate court, in a judgement, held that Bayero was denied fair hearing due to the shoddy manner in which the Kano High Court conducted proceedings against him.
He reasoned that the lower Court was unfair to Bayero by conducting proceedings without serving him a hearing notice to enable him to present his case.
Justice Mustapha maintained that all courts of law are bound to ensure justice for all parties by giving them equal opportunities, adding that the conduct of the proceedings against Bayero amounted to a travesty of justice.
The appellate Court reasoned that Bayero ought to have been served with a hearing notice to allow him to present his grievances before judgment was delivered against him in what it described as a shoddy arrangement.
Justice Mustapha ordered that the case be remitted to the Chief Judge of the Kano State High Court to be reassigned to another judge for accelerated hearing.
He did not award costs against the respondents in the appeal filed by Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero.
