The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja bluntly refused to allow the State Houses of Assembly to be joined as defendants in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country.
The apex court held that the Houses of Assembly have no business to be in the matter for reasons of law and jurisdiction. President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, at Thursday's proceedings applied on behalf of the Speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly to be joined as a party in the matter.
In the suit marked SC/CV/343/2024, the AGF is praying the Apex Court for an order restraining state governors from unilaterally, arbitrarily and unlawfully dissolving democratically elected local government councils.
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