The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has reaffirmed and strengthened its earlier order directing all parties to maintain the status quo in a disputed property case, while issuing additional directives aimed at preserving peace and preventing further interference with the property pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The Independent Mirror reports that the order, issued on Friday, July 24, 2026, by Justice Simon A. Amobeda in Suit No. FHC/KN/CS/350/2026, followed an ex parte application brought by Mr. Alkasim Musa and Mahaboob Mohammed Radman against the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission and other respondents.
According to the certified true copy of the court order, the court held that it was satisfied, based on affidavit evidence before it, that the fifth respondent, ACP Babagana, attached to the Zonal Police Command, Kano, had allegedly disobeyed the court’s earlier order made on July 20, 2026.
The court further noted that Form 48 had been served on the officer and that allegations before it indicated continued actions capable of frustrating the administration of justice. These findings were based on the affidavit evidence presented by the applicants and have not yet been determined at a full hearing.
Justice Amobeda observed that with the court about to proceed on vacation, it was necessary to reinforce its earlier order to preserve the subject matter of the suit, prevent a breakdown of law and order, and uphold the authority of the court pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
Consequently, the court reaffirmed, strengthened and expanded its July 20 order directing all parties to maintain the status quo until the motion on notice is heard and determined or until further orders of the court.
The court also restrained the respondents, their agents, servants, officers, privies and any person acting through them from entering the disputed property, tampering with it, demolishing, alienating, trespassing upon or otherwise interfering with the property pending the determination of the case.
In addition, the court warned ACP Babagana to desist immediately from any further act of alleged disobedience, intimidation, harassment or threats against the court’s bailiffs and officers, directing him to comply strictly with all subsisting orders of the court.
Justice Amobeda further placed the Inspector-General of Police and the Police Service Commission on notice of the alleged conduct and directed them to ensure compliance with the court’s orders while taking any disciplinary or administrative measures permitted by law.
The Governor of Kano State and the state’s Commissioner for Lands were also directed to take immediate steps to preserve peace, secure the disputed property and prevent any unlawful interference pending the determination of the suit.
Similarly, the court ordered the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, to immediately deploy officers to secure the property, recover any items or materials allegedly removed from the premises and ensure that no person unlawfully remains on the property until the matter is determined.
The order further stated that any person found on the property in defiance of the court’s directives and without lawful authority may be arrested and handed over to the appropriate law enforcement agency pending the determination of the case.
Justice Amobeda ruled that the orders shall remain in force throughout the court vacation and until the hearing and determination of the motion on notice or until further orders of the court.
