Court declares 33 Ondo LCDAs created by Akeredolu illegal

A high court in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has nullified the creation of additional 33 local council development areas in the state.for the creation of the 33 additional councils on August 15, 2023, after it scaled a third reading.return from a three-month medical leave.The 33 LCDAs were to co-exist with the 18 LGAs, bringing the total number of local councils in the state to 51.on December 27, 2023, following a protracted battle with prostate cancer.

Addressing journalists after the court session, Tolu Babaleye, counsel to the 22 plaintiffs, said the court held that the creation of the 33 LCDAs was “unconstitutional, null and void”. “We approached this court being the last hope of the common man. And today, the court gave a well-considered judgment which I call a judicial Tsunami, sweeping off all those illegally created local governments in Ondo state,” Babaleye said.

“Apart from that, there was a landmark pronouncement by the court to the effect that no governor is empowered to sign the law of a state outside the shores or jurisdiction of that state because the government has provided for a massive government house for a governor.“So the governor has no right under the law to go to Ibadan to sign the law. Because of that, the law was nullified, declared unconstitutional and of no effect.

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Ondo court deposes monarch after 29 years of legal tussleThe case, which had been heard at the Appellate and Supreme Court levels, was referred back to the Owo High Court, where Justice Ademola
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »

Court deposes Ondo monarch after 29 years of legal tussle, orders fresh selection processA first-class monarch in Ose Local Council of Ondo State, the Olute of Ute, Oba Michael Adetunji, was, yesterday, dethroned by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Council of the state.
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »

Court sentences 17-year-old to 14 years imprisonment for assault, rape in OndoA 17-year-old boy, Jibola Fakologbon, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by an Akure High Court for assaulting and raping a female student.
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »

Witness slumps, dies in Ondo courtCommotion broke out at an Ondo State High Court sitting in Oka, Ondo town, headquarters of the Ondo West Local Council of the state, after a yet-to-be-identified man slumped and died in the courtroom.
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »

Ondo court sentences 20-year-old ex-convict to 14 years imprisonmentA 20-year-old barber, Joseph Babatunde, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for burglary and stealing by an Akire Chief Magistrates' Court.
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »