Leadnaija
The Edo State government led by Governor Monday Okpebholo seems not deterred by the outrage that followed its decision to suspend chairmen and vice-chairmen of 18 local government areas of the state.
Leadnaija recalls that the chairmen and vice chairmen were on December 17 suspended by the State Assembly at the instance of the governor.
Okpebholo had accused the embattled chairmen and their deputies of insubordination and misconduct on the ground that they did not submit their statement of finances to him.
The development had elicited public outrage as some legal experts and stakeholders pointed to the Supreme Court’s pronouncements on local government autonomy.
Leadnaija reports that the apex court had in a judgement stated that state governments cannot dissolve or interfere in the affairs of democratically elected local councils
