Breaking: Supreme Court delivers final judgement on suit preventing governors from dissolving LG councils

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy

FCT, Abuja - In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country.

The apex court ruled that dissolving democratically elected LG councils would amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution.

Supreme Court ruled that dissolving democratically elected LG councils would amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution. Photo credit: @WATLegal/@NGFSecretariat
Source: UGC

The judgement was delivered on Thursday, July 11 following the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Federal Government.

According to Channels Television, the AGF’s suit, which was on 27 grounds sought an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils.

Source: Legit.ng