A Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja has fastened April 30 for judgment within the Affiliation of Native Governments of Nigeria’s protracted management disaster.
The court docket disclosed this after its proceedings on Friday.
ALGON had been enmeshed in a management disaster after the Nationwide Government Council of the affiliation sacked Akolade David as its president, claiming he was not eligible to occupy the place.
The assertion asserting the president, Akolade David’s sack mentioned, “ALGON has come to the unlucky realisation that the person who has been on the helm of affairs as president of ALGON, will not be a md of any of the recognised 774 Native Authorities areas (LGAs) in Nigeria as enshrined within the 1999 structure of the federal Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.”
David has persistently declined to give up energy, resulting in a authorized dispute.
Within the go well with marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1609/2023, instituted by the Integrated Trustees of ALGON, Abubakar Abdullahi and Shaban Shuabu towards the Federal Ministry of Finance, Accountant Common of the Federation and Governor of Central Financial institution (first to 3rd respondent).
The Lawyer-Common of the Federation, Company Affairs Fee, Inspector Common of Police, State Safety Providers, and Akolade David are fourth to eight respondents.
The claimants, by way of their lawyer, Bartholomew Opara, maintained that Alabi will not be eligible to be ALGON chairman, including that he was not a neighborhood authorities chairman as prescribed by the 1999 Structure, the Structure of ALGON, and a Supreme Courtroom determination.
Opara contended that David had been eliminated by ALGON’s Nationwide Government Council in 2019, however he retains parading himself as chairman.
The claimants, nonetheless, urged the court docket to uphold the elimination of David by NEC and perpetually restrain him from additional parading as such.
On the proceedings on Friday, Okpara urged the choose to declare David’s occupation of the ALGON Presidency workplace as unlawful and illegal.
He contended that Nigeria at present acknowledges 774 Constitutionally recognised Native Governments, amongst which Lagos possesses 20, including that Bariga LCDA, through which David is the chairman, will not be recognised by the structure.
He cited sections 8 of the 1999 Structure and Article 4 of the ALGON Structure in addition to a Supreme Courtroom judgment on the listed LGAs to buttress his arguments.
“Bariga LCDA will not be one of many 774 Native Governments in Nigeria. David, the eighth defendant on this go well with, is from an unrecognised native authorities and as such, will not be certified to carry any workplace in ALGON.
“I urge my lord to invoke sections 150 and 170 of the Structure to compel the AGF and others to make sure compliance with their statutory obligations by defending ALGON from David.”
Okpara moreover implored the court docket to deem the Common Meeting convened by David on March 24, 2021, the place alleged resolutions, elections, and amendments had been carried out, as illegal, null, and void primarily based on illegality.
Okpara sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining David from additional parading or holding himself out as an officer or consultant of ALGON.
Nevertheless, David represented by Wahab Shittu, (SAN) requested the choose to dismiss the case of the plaintiffs for guiding it towards the Nationwide Chairman of ALGON.
Shittu insisted that the ALGON structure recognises the workplace of the President and never the Chairman, as erroneously canvassed within the go well with.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, after listening to arguments, fastened April 30 for judgment.
