The supreme court has reserved judgment in the suit seeking full autonomy for Nigeria’s 774 local governments.
All 36 states of the federation are the defendants in the suit marked SC/CV/343/2024.
The federal government is also asking for an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils.
We have an originating summons dated and filed 20 May, 2024.
At the court session on Thursday, all the states, represented by their attorneys-general and lawyers, adopted their respective processes and prayed the court to dismiss the suit.
More to follow…
