The
Government of Ekiti has been ordered to pay N3.3 billion to Local
Government Chairmen deposed by former Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Following the reckless decision of the former governor, now the
Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi in 2010 to relieve Local
Government Chairmen of their duties on resumption of office as Governor,
the Supreme Court has instructed Ekiti State to pay N3.3 billion to the
deposed Chairmen.
Dailytrust reported that Fayemi had appointed caretaker committee
into his government to carry out most of the functions that the local
government chairmen and councilors would have done.
In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Chima Nweze, the Supreme
Court held that the sack by Fayemi was illegal and unconstitutional.
Nweze ordered that the chairmen, who were unlawfully removed by the
governor, to be paid their salaries and other allowances for the period
they were unlawfully removed from office.
Speaking outside the court, Mr Wole Ayeni, former Chaiman, Ikole
Local Government and Mr Ogunbiyi Olasunkanmi-Synergy commended the court
for the good judgment.
According to them, the judiciary has come to life since this matter started many years ago.
They, therefore, commended the judiciary as the last hope of the common man.
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