{"id":165851,"date":"2025-06-05T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:40:11","slug":"gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment","title":{"rendered":"Gwandu Emirate tussle: Jokolo accepts Supreme Court judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lawyer to the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Jokolo, has said they accept the Supreme Court judgement that overturned earlier court orders for his reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>In a split decision of three to two, the Supreme Court ruled that the Kebbi State High Court, which had affirmed Jokolo as Emir, lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court held that Jokolo failed to comply with the requirement to first submit a formal complaint to the governor before approaching the court.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement also upheld the incumbent Emir, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, as the rightful ruler of the Gwandu Emirate.<\/p>\n<p>With this ruling, the 20-year-old dispute over the Gwandu Emirate throne between Iliyasu-Bashar and Jokolo has been brought to a close.<\/p>\n<p>Bashar, a cousin to Jokolo, had contested the rulings in favour of Jokolo\u2019s reinstatement through his lawyer, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, against both Jokolo and the Kebbi State Government.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the verdict, Jokolo\u2019s lawyer, Sylvester Imhanobe, said they would not seek a judicial review, noting that Jokolo has accepted the decision in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>However, Imhanobe expressed surprise that the majority decision relied heavily on Section 4 of the Chiefs (Appointment and Deposition) Law of Kebbi State, while their case was based on Section 6, which does not require a pre-action complaint as it relates to deposition, not the selection of a new Emir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur case concerned deposition under Section 6, not Section 4. We did not invoke Section 4 at any point,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Jokolo has urged his supporters to remain calm and accept the judgment as the will of God. His aide conveyed that Jokolo, currently engaged in prayer, felt it was not the right time to make a public statement.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Emmanuel Agim, delivering the lead judgment, emphasised that Jokolo should have first submitted a formal complaint to the governor as stipulated by law before seeking court intervention. He ruled that the suit was premature and that the lower court judgments were null and void due to lack of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court panel set aside the rulings of the lower courts but made no order as to costs.<\/p>\n<p>In dissent, Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Salawa disagreed with the majority, affirming the lower courts\u2019 decisions and dismissing cross-appeals, stating the governor should act according to the law and due process.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, also dissenting, stressed the need for the apex court to deliver substantial justice to the people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lawyer to the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Jokolo, has said they accept the Supreme Court judgement that overturned earlier court orders for his reinstatement. In a split decision of three to two, the Supreme Court ruled that the Kebbi State High Court, which had affirmed Jokolo as Emir, lacked jurisdiction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17687,17660,254,620],"class_list":["post-165851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gwandu-emirate","tag-jokolo","tag-nigeria","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gwandu Emirate tussle: Jokolo accepts Supreme Court judgment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The lawyer to the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Jokolo, has said they accept the Supreme Court judgement that over ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gwandu Emirate tussle: Jokolo accepts Supreme Court judgment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lawyer to the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Jokolo, has said they accept the Supreme Court judgement that over ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T19:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T20:40:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749143466.972367.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gwandu Emirate tussle: Jokolo accepts Supreme Court judgment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T19:38:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-05T20:40:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749143466.972367.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gwandu Emirate\",\"Jokolo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gwandu-emirate-tussle-jokolo-accepts-supreme-court-judgment\",\"name\":\"Gwandu Emirate tussle: Jokolo accepts Supreme Court judgment - 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