The Supreme court has said that it would deliver its judgement on the suit brought before it by Oyo State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) against the State government on the 7th of May, 2021.
The case with suit number SC556/2020 is between Bashorun Moshood Ajuwon and others and the Governor of Oyo state.
It would be recalled that the Governor of the State, Seyi Makinde had instituted a case in the Court of Appeal sitting in the state capital, Ibadan against the 68 chairmen of the 33 local government and 35 local council development areas, all of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after sacking them on May 29, 2019, inauguration.
The sacked chairmen were elected on May 12, 2018, in an exercise that PDP boycotted on the ground that there was a court injunction against the conduct of the poll that was not vacated before the exercise.
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, approved the sack of elected Chairmen
However, the leader of ALGON in the state, who is also the former chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area, Prince Abass Aleshinloye had said the sacked chairmen would proceed to the Supreme court to challenge their removal adding that their lawyers have been informed of the decision to proceed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning heard the case brought before it by ALGON against the judgement of the Appeal Court which favoured the state government and adjourned the case till May 7, 2021, for judgment.