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Adeleke Directs LG Heads To Replace Dismissed Chairmen In Osun
Adeleke has directed LG heads to replace dismissed chairmen in Osun.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed career heads of local government areas and Area Councils Development Areas in the state to take control of their councils from the sacked council chairmen and councillors.
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The directive is contained in a statement issued on Monday by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed.
The statement stated that the directive is with immediate effect.
“Governor Adeleke also directed the most senior career heads across all the local government areas to take charge of their councils,” it reads.
“This is in compliance with the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo that sacked the council local government chairmen and councillors.”
Recall that Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Friday, declared the local government election conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) as null and void.
Justice Ayo-Emmanuel delivered the judgement based on a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suit, asking the court to stop the OSIEC from conducting the October 15 LG election.
The judge ruled that the election that was subsequently held by OSIEC was held in contravention of sections 29 and 32 of the Electoral Act, 2022.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria in Osun, Abiodun Idowu, has called on its members to remain calm and peaceful.
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Idowu said the leadership of their party, the All Progressives Congress and all the chairmen across the 69 LGAs, ACDAs had filed a ‘Notice of Appeal and Stay of Execution’ against the ruling.
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