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The Supreme Court has faulted the dissolution of the dully elected Local government Council Chairmen in Katsina as illegal.
In an unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro in a zoom conference, the apex court directed that the unlawfully dissolved council officials be paid all their entitlements from the date of their illegal dissolution to the date they were to vacate office.
The apex court, therefore, set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
Governor Aminu Masari had on assumption of office in July 2015 dissolved the state dully elected Council officials on allegation of financial misappropriation of councils funds, a decision which the apex court declared as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
The Supreme Court also awarded costs to the Appellants and insisted that it should be complied with within a time frame.
The Katsina State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party had dragged Masari and the State House of Assembly to court over alleged move to dissolve the 34 local government councils in the state.
Joined in the suit were the Attorney general of the state as second defendant, while Masari and the state assembly are the first and third defendants respectively.
The PDP also sought a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from suspending or in any other way removing all or any of the 34 local government councils in Katsina State before the expiration of their tenure.
The party also asked for a declaration that upon declaration of relevant laws, including the amended Katsina State Local Government law, the tenure of the 34 local government councils in the state will still be two years.
It alleged that Masari has no legal right to dissolve, suspend or remove any of the 34 local governments before expiration of their tenure.
The PDP insisted that its move was informed by an announcement by the governor, indicating the intention of his administration to dissolve the local government councils.
Roqeeb Onijo
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