They were elected in 2018 during the administration of the immediate past Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria in the state, Prince Ayodeji Abbas-Alesinloye and other members of ALGON while reacting to the sack, vowed not to vacate office against the Council dissolution order by Governor Seyi Makinde.Tunde Braimoh: Lagos Assembly directs lawmakers to undergo COVID-19 test
Abass-Aleshinloye and his colleagues described their sack as a violation of rule of law and a contempt of a subsisting court injunction against any dissolution of local government authorities. The council bosses later approached the court urging it to order them to rerun to their former seats. Our correspondent, however, reports that a Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the state capital ruled against the former Chairmen.
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