BEVERLY HILLS, July 15, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, has set aside the Oyo State High Court’s judgement restraining the state governor and or government from dissolving local government councils in the state.
Justice Haruna Tsammani who delivered the judgment on Wednesday said the sacked local government Chairmen failed to show verifiable facts of the plan by the Oyo State governor to dissolve the councils.
Tsammani said the case initiated was based on mere speculations and conjectures.
The Seyi Makinde-led state government and the embattled council bosses had been at loggerheads over the control of the local government and local council development areas.
Bashorun Bosun Ajuwon had instituted the case on behalf of the Oyo State chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON).
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ALGON had approached an Ibadan high court after Governor Makinde, few hours after he was sworn in, sacked its members who were elected by the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi.
The court, after considering all evidences and submissions of both legal teams, upheld the validity of the decision of the Oyo state government to dissolve the sacked ALGON.
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