A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Dr. Washington Osifo, has said the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Edo State and members of the State House of Assembly risked contempt of court for backing the recent appointment of liaison officers by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki to run the 18 local government areas instead of conducting election into the third tier of government.
Addressing a press conference in Benin City, Osifo who is a former Commissioner for Education in Edo, said the Obaseki’s administration did not continue the projects initiated by his predecessor and that his actions have been more of theories than practical. Accordingly, he said in the light of the valid and subsisting judgments of the Supreme Court which had resolved the issue and more importantly, the judgment of the High Court referenced above, in which the Governor and the Edo State House of Assembly were named parties, Obaseki had no right whatsoever to disobey the judgments by handpicking, nominating or recommending persons he purportedly appointed as members of a caretaker committee or liaison officers in the 18 local government councils in...
“This is because, it is the A.G that would be docked for contempt when the chip is down, in view of the governor’s immunity.
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