The Appeal court judgment today, quashed the judgment of a Kogi State High Court sitting in Koton Karfe on December 9, 2014 that nullified the May 4, 2013 council elections that produced the chairmen and their councillors.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Mustapha Mohammed held that the decision of the lower court was a judicial error, adding that the appeal brought by the appellants had merit and “it is hereby allowed.”
Justice Mohammed ordered the Kogi State Government to immediately reinstate the sacked Council Chairmen and their Councillors who were sacked before the expiration of their tenures.
“The Court has perused the substance of the matter and left without an option but to nullify the dissolution carried out by the governor.”
Justice Mohammed said the decision of the lower court was misleading and therefore required to be overturned.
He said: “Having considered the appeal urging this court to reinstate the 21 Local Government Council Chairmen and their Councillors from Kogi State back to their offices, the penal is obliged to do so.
“The Kogi State Government is hereby ordered to immediately, without delay, reinstate the appellants back to their jobs.” [myad]
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