Ekiti High Court ‘nullifies’ Supreme Court’s verdict - The Nation Newspaper

The Supreme Court, had in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour on December 14, last year ordered the relocation of Ilejemeje council headquarters from Iye-Ekiti to Eda-Oniyo, ending a 19-year legal battle, which began at the state High Court.

The state government through the Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, had on Monday made a proclamation, which relocated the headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government Area from Iye-Ekiti to Eda-Oniyo, alluding to the December 14, 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court.Justice Adesodun, however, described the decision of the state government on the matter as an act of “executive rascality and self-help,” adding that the status quo should be maintained pending the final determination of the case.

The Eleda of Eda-Oniyo, Oba Awolola, instituted a legal action by a writ of summons at the state High Court in 1999, seeking a declaration that the relocation of the headquarters from Eda-Oniyo to Iye-Ekiti was illegal, null and void. The apex court, in its judgment, set aside the March 6, 2006 Court of Appeal judgment and affirmed that of the state High Court.

The deputy governor had proclaimed that the decision of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, on the matter, was sacrosanct, inviolable and binding on the state government. Counsel to the claimant, Taiwo Kupolati, while making his final address, argued that the decision of the government contravened the Local Government Administration Law of 1999, which recognised Iye-Ekiti as the headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government Area.

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