Elected LG Chairmen/Councillors: No governor has power to terminate tenure

Elected LG Chairmen/Councillors: No governor has power to terminate tenure – Supreme Court

Abuja – The Supreme Court on Friday declared that no governor has the constitutional power to illegally terminate the tenure of democratically elected LG Chairmen and Councillors declaring the dissolution of the dully elected Local government Council Chairmen in Katsina and Oyo by their respective Governors as illegal. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice …
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