Supreme Court orders Ekiti to pay ex-council chairmen 15 months salaries
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the
payment of N3.3bn to local government chairmen and councillors, who were
relieved of their duties by former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti
State.
The former governor, now the Minister of
Solid Minerals, had in 2010 during his assumption into office as
governor relieved the appellants of their duties 15 months into the end
of their tenures.
Fayemi had appointed caretaker committee
into his government to carry out most of the functions that the local
government chairmen and councillors would have done.
In a unanimous judgement 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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