Abuja – The Supreme Court on Friday declared that no governor has the constitutional power to illegally terminate the tenure of democratically elected LG Chairmen and Councillors declaring the dissolution of the dully elected Local government Council Chairmen in Katsina and Oyo by their respective Governors as illegal.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro in a zoom conference, the Apex court directed that the unlawfully dissolved council officials be paid all their entitlements from the date of their illegal dissolution to the date they were to vacate office.
The apex court, therefore, set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
The Supreme Court, on Friday, declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of Justices, held that governor Makinde acted beyond his powers when on his assumption of office on May 29, 2019, he sacked the Chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas, LGAs, as well as 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state.
Stressing that no governor has the constitutional power to illegally terminate the tenure of democratically elected LG Chairmen and Councillors, the Supreme Court, in its lead verdict that was read by Justice Ejembi Eko, noted that Governor Makinde took the action despite a subsisting court order.
Views: Visits 5 Supreme Court By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on Friday, declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices, held that governor Makinde acted beyond his powers, when on his assumption of office on May 29, 2019, he sacked the Chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas, LGAs, as well as 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state. Stressing that no governor has the constitutional power to illegally terminate the tenure of democratically elected LG Chairmen and Councillors, the Supreme Court, in its lead verdict that was read by Justice Ejembi Eko, noted that Governor Makinde took the action despite a subsisting court order.
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Supreme Court, on Friday, declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices, held that governor Makinde acted beyond his powers, when on his assumption of office on May 29, 2019, he sacked the Chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas, LGAs, as well as 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state.
Stressing that no governor has the constitutional power to illegally terminate the tenure of democratically elected LG Chairmen and Councillors, the Supreme Court, in its lead verdict that was read by Justice Ejembi Eko, noted that Governor Makinde took the action despite a subsisting court order.
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The Supreme Court on Friday said the dissolution of the Local Governments Chairpersons and councillors in Oyo and Katsina States, and their replacement with caretaker committees by governors Seyi Makinde and Aminu Masari was illegal and unconstitutional.
According to the panel of Justices of the apex Court, the Oyo State governor erred by dissolving all the elected council officials and replacing them with the caretaker committee and consequently set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, which approved the sack of elected council chairpersons by the state Governor.
The sacked chairpersons, led by Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, had approached the court to vindicate them saying they were illegally sacked.