The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has described the Supreme Court judgement delivered today, which described the sack of elected local governments chairmen and councilors by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as “null and void” as a landmark achievement that would deepen democracy at the grassroots in Nigeria.
Dare noted that with the “unsparing, unequivocal and unambiguous’’ judgment by the highest court in the land, it has now become crystal clear that no state government has the power to sack any elected council chairman or councilor.
He commended the gallantry of the local government chairmen under the leadership of Prince Abass Ayodeji Alesinloye, stressing that their steadfastness and doggedness eventually paid off not only for themselves but for democracy as an institution at the grassroots.
The Minister also praised their legal team led by Chief Niyi Akintola for a thorough and painstaking legal battle fought almost gratis for the sake of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the cause of democracy.
