A socio-political pressure group under the aegis of Ekiti Patriotic Consultative Forum has dragged the Ekiti state government to the High Court, Ado -Ekiti, the state capital over the state cargo airport.
The governor, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the Accountant General of the state, are defendants in the Mandamus suit, instituted, but no date had been fixed for hearing yet. He said his law firm, Urban Attorneys & Solicitors, acting for the forum, had since November 22, 2023, written a letter to the government, through the Secretary to the State Government, Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, as well the State Accountant General requesting for all the said documents, but without any action.
In an affidavit, in support of the said motion exparte, Tope Kolawole, also a legal practitioner in the same law firm, said the Ekiti Patriotic Consultative Forum, is comprised of highly responsible Ekiti indigenes, who are always working towards the development and growth of Ekiti.