Barrister Okay Gideon Agbo
It would be recalled that the tenures of elected 17 local government chairmen elapsed on March 4, whereby the state government, through the Commissioner for local government and Chieftaincy directed the HPMs to take-over the administration of the councils.
Agbo said the basis of his action was that the action of the state government violates the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, particularly in Section 7 of the aforementioned constitution which provides that officials of the Local Government Areas (Chairmen) must be democratically elected
The public affairs analyst vowed to checkmate the unconstitutionality of the actions of the state government.
It would also be recalled that the same lawyer had also dragged the state government to court in 2017 over the same issue under Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi administration in Suit NO: FHC/ABJ/CS/155/2017.
“It is impunity by any administration to disregard the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and we cannot allow that to happen.
“People should be allowed to exercise their franchise by chosing who leads them, ” Agbo said.
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