By Monday Osayande
Two Local Government Council Chairmen have dragged Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to a High Court in Benin City Over Unlawful Removal from office.
The two council chairmen, a in separate suit numbers B/204/os/2019 and B/11/os/2020, are praying the court to restore them back to their offices.
The sacked Local government chairmen are Hon. Yakubu Musa, Estako West and his colleague Hon. Aremiyau Momoh, Estako East Local Government Council.
According to the suits filed by their counsel, Dr Ehiogie West-Idahosa, the plaintiffs accused the Edo governor of breaching the provisions of section 7 of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999 (as amended) which guarantees the system of democratically elected Local Government in the country.
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The Council Chairmen further accused the Governor of flouting the provisions of the Local Government Law in Edo State by removing them from office arbitrarily based on trumped-up charges and fictitious Investigative Panel reports.
The Claimants accused the Governor of punishing them for alleged criminal allegations without giving them a fair hearing on account of the political division in Edo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress.
The Council Chairmen in their Court processes stated that they ran the affairs of their Councils creditably, but were punished by removal without just cause and against the provisions of relevant laws.
No date has been fixed for hearing.
