Lagos Lawyer Wants Ambode to Sack Sole Administrators, Drags Him to Court

97 views0

Lagos Lawyer Wants Ambode to Sack Sole Administrators, Drags Him to Court

By

By Idris OlumuyiwaA Lagos-based lawyer, Tope Alabi, has prayed a Federal High Court in Lagos to sack the 57 sole administrators appointed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to spearhead the affairs of the 57 local government areas in the state.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

Recall that Ambode appointed the sole administrators in June this year.However, Alabi, in his suit, asked that the appointment of sole administrations over the LGAs was a violation of the provisions of the 1999 constitution.According to him, with the appointment, the governor had violated the political rights of the people of Lagos State preserved by the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Alabi contended that Ambode could not simply appoint sole administrators over LGAs in Lagos when LGAs were not parastatals or boards.Also joined as respondents in the suit are the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.The plaintiff is asking the court to stop the RMAFC from disbursing the funds due to the LGAs to the governor or anyone acting under the governor’s authority until the LGAs election had been conducted and chairmen had been elected.The lawyer is also asking the court to direct the respondents to account for all the monies so far disbursed to the LGAs.

Discover more from NewsBreakers

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

What's your reaction?

Excited
0
Happy
0
In Love
0
Not Sure
0
Silly
0
Previous
Next

Comments are closed.