Friday 31 March 2017

BREAKING: Court sacks Local Government chiefs in Ondo

Reports from Ondo state says a High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sacked the local government executives in the entire state.

Presiding judge Justice Isiq, while delivering his judgment, said that Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) erred by omitting the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) on the election ballot paper.

BREAKING: Court sacks Local Government chiefs in Ondo

Ondo state governor Rotimi Akeredolu

The matter was brought before the court by the leadership of the PRP in the state and the suit was not instituted by the Rotimi Akeredolu led government.

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NAIJ.com recalls that Governor Akeredolu recently froze accounts of the 18 local government areas of the state.

The chairmen and the counsellors of the councils were members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were elected into the offices after winning the local government election held in April 2016.



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