Anthony Iwuoma
The Oba of Jebba in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Abdulkadir Adebara, and the Serikin Hausawa of the town, Yusuf Gwadabe, have sued the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, before a Kwara State High Court over his proposal to install of a new leader for the Hausa community in the area on Friday.
One Alhaji Nasir Illyasu, who is to be installed as the new Serikin Hausawa of Jebba was joined as a co-defendant in the suit.
The monarch in a suit filed before Justice E. B. Mohammad challenged the emir over the planned installation.
The counsel for the plaintiffs, Adekunle Bamidele, said that Yusuf Gwadabe, who is the recognised Serikin Hausawa of Jebba, had been installed since 2017 with a letter of recognition, acknowledging him as the authentic holder of the title by one Kinrinjin Adebara for the then chairman of the Moro LGA.
Bamidele urged the court “to restrain Alhaji Sulu-Gambari, the Emir of Ilorin, from turbaning the first defendant, Nasir Iliyasu, as the Serikin Hausawa of Jebba in Ilorin, the state capital, on July 2, 2021.”
Justice Mohammad declined to grant the injunction, noting that the Jebba monarch has the sole authority to install lesser chiefs in his domain.
However, he ordered that the hearing notice be served immediately on the emir and Ilyas.
According to the judge, if the defendants are law-abiding, they must stop the activities of installation, pending the determination of the suit filed before him, and adjourned proceedings till July 28, 2021.
