By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Thursday nullified the 33 Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) created by former governor of the State, late Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN)
The trial judge Justice A.O. Adebusuoye in his judgement delivered on Thursday, described the creation of the Local Council Development Areas as inchoate, adding that since the LCDAs are inchoate, it means they are unlawfully created and therefore a nullity
The court held that it was illegal for a governor to sign a law outside the state.
The court held that the Local Government Creation Law 2023 signed by late Akeredolu in Ibadan, outside the state, was unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.
Recall that the late governor Akeredolu had on September 9, 2023 assented to the bill creating 33 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs in the state.
The bill for the creation of the LCDAs was presented to the late governor by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Chief Oladiji Olamide, during a ceremony at the governor’s residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.