THE federal government has dragged the thirty-six governors before the Supreme Court seeking interpretation of the court with regard to local government autonomy among others.
The suit marked SC/CV/343/2024 was filed on 20 May 2024 by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) on behalf of the federal government.
The federal government is praying the apex court for an order prohibiting state governors from unilateral, arbitrary, and unlawful dissolution of democratically elected leaders for local governments.
It also prayed the Supreme Court for an order permitting the funds standing in the credits of local governments to be directly channelled to them from the federation account in line with the provisions of the Constitution as against the alleged unlawful joint accounts created by governors.
The federal government is also seeking an order stopping governors from constituting caretaker committees to run the affairs of local governments as against the constitutionally recognized and guaranteed democratic system.
Also, the federal government wants an order of injunction restraining the governors, their agents, and privies from receiving, spending or tampering with funds released from the Federation Account for the benefit of local governments when no democratically elected local government system is put in place in the states
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