A high court sitting in Ilorin on Monday issued an order of interim injunction against a traditional ruler in the Edu local government area of Kwara state and Etsu of Tsaragi, HRH Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi Kpotwa, from removing or dealing in any manner with the stool of the head of the Ndadzoko of Tsaragi emirate, Alhaji Attahiru Haruna Abdulkadir.

The court presided over by Justice I. A. Yusuf, also ordered that the parties in the suit, KWS/455/2023, should maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The claimant, Alhaji Abdulkadir, who is also the chairman of the kingmakers of the emirate, has been appointed and turbanned since 2016.

The order also restrained the emir from dealing with the lands belonging to the claimant (Alhaji Abdulkadir), pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

Part of the order of interim injunction also said: “Interim injunction restraining the 1^stDefendant from appointing or turbanning the 2^ndDefendant or anybody whosoever as a parallel or new Ndadzoko of Tsaragi pending the hearing and determination of the motion or notice.

“Interim injunction to restrain the 2^nddefendant from parading himself as head of the Ndadzoko family pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The counsel to the claimant, I.B. Ayegbami, moved the motion ex-parte, while the court, having considered the application, went ahead to grant it.

Justice Yusuf later adjourned the case to December 12, 2023, for a hearing of the motion on notice already filed. (Nigerian Tribune)