The Oyo State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has challenged Governor Seyi Makinde to provide evidence of court judgement vacating restraining from sacking the council chairmen and members of the board of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC)
The governor, through his Special Adviser on Legislative Matters, Hon. Samuel Adejumobi (aka Agbara po) in a political interview programme on Fresh FM, at the weekend stated that the judgment had been vacated.
In a swiftly response to the claim, ALGON Chairman, Hon. Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, told The Nation that Governor Makinde should to produce the evidence that the judgment had been vacated.
He said the appeal filed against the judgment by the state government was still pending at the Court of Appeal, adding that the appellate court was yet to fix the date for hearing because the judges went on vacation.
Abass-Aleshinloye challenged the state government to name the court that vacated the judgment and the date such a decision was taken.
He urged the governor to stop deceiving the public over his wrong steps, stressing that integrity should be the hallmark of a state chief executive.
But Makinde also said that his administration was not borrowing to pay staff of local governments and Local Council Development Areas as claimed by the ALGON chairman.
He said council funds were intact but that the government was paying salaries from it without borrowing.
