LG elections: APC drags Governor Ayade to court

- APC in Cross River state accuses Governor Ben Ayade of undermining the law of the land in respect of local government administration in the country

- The party has instituted a legal action demanding that court grants an order stopping federal allocations to the local governments because whoever is there is sitting there illegally

- The party is praying for the court to order the authorities to conduct local government elections in the state within 90 days

Governor Ben Ayade of Rivers state has been dragged to court by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for not conducting local government elections in the state.

The APC accused the governor of undermining the law of the land in respect of local government administration in the country.

Vice chairman of APC in the Cross River central senatorial district, Cletus Obun, told the Nigerian Tribune that his party had filed a case at the Federal High Court, Calabar against the governor on the matter, especially for making HOLDA to run the councils instead of conducting local government elections.

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Obun said his party was praying that the court should grant an order stopping federal allocations to the local governments because whoever is there is sitting there illegally.

He said the APC is also demanding that the authorities should conduct local government elections in the state within 90 days.

But reacting to the development, the spokesperson to the governor, Mr Christian Ita, described the action of the APC in the state as hypocritical.

He said: “Please tell me which APC states that have held local council elections apart from Lagos. It is hypocritical.

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"The tenure of the 18 local government chairmen in the state expired on December 15, 2016, with Ayade directing all the out-gone chairmen with the exception of that of Bakassi Local Government Area, to handover to Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in their respective local governments."

In other news, an APC chieftain has called on Nigerians to support the affairs of the party towards a sustainable development in Nigeria.

In a statement released on Sunday, January 1, the Delta state APC gubernatorial candidate for the last general election Olorogun Emerhor said APC is Nigeria’s only true hope for Nigerians in the years to come.

Emerhor also said 2017 is a year for renewal and growth for the country.

Source: Legit.ng