Nigeria, May 26 -- The Kano branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has decried the involvement of Nigerian soldiers in the crisis over the repeal of the Kano Emirate Council Law 2019 and the sack of emirs.

The branch chairperson, Sagir Gezawa, in a statement, said as a body of lawyers, the association is deeply concerned about the developments in the matter.

"It's within the constitutional duty of a State Assembly to legislate and once passed it remains the prerogative of a Governor to assent to such Law.

"Once assented to by the Governor, it has become a Law and its implementation is to be done by state apparatus and of course enforced by a competent court of law.

"It's further within the purview of courts to interpret such Law...