• Lagos, Ogun To Elect Chairmen, Councillors Today
• LASIEC Pledges Transparency As Police Warn Against Thuggery
• Court Declines Requests To Halt Lagos Poll
As voters troop out today in Lagos and Ogun states to elect their local council chairmen and councillors, Yiaga Africa has lamented the over bearing influence of state governors on the grassroots election.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has declined the request by 11 political parties to halt today’s council elections in Lagos.
The presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko, made the decision in a ruling delivered yesterday in Suit No FHC/L/CS/596/2021, which was filed by the Alliance of Social Democrats and 10 other political parties against Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the Lagos State government.
Over 6000 inmates await trial as Lagos offers 530 plea bargain
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