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In a suit marked SC/CV/343/2024, the AGF urged the apex court to issue an order, prohibiting state governors from unilateral, arbitrary and unlawful dissolution of democratically elected LG leaders.
The Nigerian Government has filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the 36 state governors in the country. The suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), seeks full autonomy for the local government areas in the country. The government is asking the apex court to ban state governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected local governments.
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs Mr Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation, instituted the action against the governors to seek full autonomy for local governments as the third tier of government. According to Fagbemi, the