Ex-council chiefs serve petition on Oyo Attorney General over disobedience to court orders

The former chairmen of Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in Oyo State sacked by Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday served a petition on Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of the State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo over what they described as blatant disobedience to the ruling of the apex court.

Signed by Bashorun Bosun Ajuwon, the petition titled, ”Complaint of Flagrant Disobedience to The Order of The Apex Court by Honourable Attorney General of Oyo State, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo”, was served on the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) earlier this morning.

It would be recalled that a few hours after the inauguration of Governor Makinde in 2019, he sacked the democratically elected chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors. However, not satisfied with the decision of the governor, the ex-council chairmen approached the court to seek solid legal redress.

After a series of legal struggles, the Supreme Court overturned Governor makinde’s decision and ruled in favour of the erstwhile council chiefs.

Although, the court agreed that the tenures of the sacked council chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors have expired, “it, therefore ordered that all their outstanding salaries and allowances must be paid with immediate effect”.

The chairmen from the 33 Local Government Areas (LGA’s) and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA’s), vice chairmen and councillors who are judgement creditors alleged that the Oyo state government, their judgement debtors, under the watch of Governor Makinde has not been genuinely committed to the “letter and spirit” of the rulings, and they are demanding for the full implementation of the judicial decisions.