Nigeria’s highest court, the Supreme Court has today rejected the restoration request of the sacked Oyo State Local Government Chairmen and Councilors which was brought before it by the Association of Local Government Organization of Nigeria (ALGON).
The aggrieved ALGON members who were elected towards the tail end of former governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration were sacked as soon as Governor Seyi Makinde resumed office.
The Court has ordered the state government to pay all the council chairmen and councilors their arrears salaries and allowances before August 2021. It also awarded N20 million cost against Makinde.
The judgment by the Supreme Court might validate the Local Government election which is to hold on May 22, 2021.
