Our suspension unconstitutional, say sacked Kwara council chiefs

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The suspended chairmen said in the suit between Hajia Risikat Opakunle and 15 others versus Kwara State Governor and others, the court “determined that the governor and House of Assembly of the state cannot dissolve the councils or suspend the 16  local government chairmen during the tenure of their respective offices that will expire on November 27, 2020”.

AbdulRazaq had on Tuesday this week suspended the council chairmen and legislative councils on alleged misappropriation of N33 billion.

Addressing reporters in Ilorin, the state capital, the Association of Local

Government of Nigeria (ALGON) Chairman Joshua Omokanye said: “Under a constitutional arrangement set out under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, neither the governor nor the state House of Assembly has power to dissolve the local government councils or suspend us from office, particularly when we have a valid and subsisting court judgment in our favour that has made a final pronouncement on our right as democratically elected council chairmen of the state.”