An Edo State High Court in Benin City on Friday declared as illegal, the removal from office of Mr. Patrick Aguinede as Chairman of Esan West Local Government.
The court presided over by Justice Daniel Iyobosa Okungbowa held that due process was not followed in the removal of the Claimant, Mr Patrick Aguinede as the Chairman Esan West Local Government while the action was not in conformity with the Edo state local government laws 2000 as amended. x
Okungbowa granted all the reliefs sought by the claimant Patrick Aguinede including that his tenure as chairman Esan West local government still subsists and would elapse on 5th March 2021.