Ugochinyere, who made this known on Friday, said that the tenure of Rivers State local government chairmen expires in a few days and no court can give them tenure elongation because it’s against the law and a treasonous act.
Ugochinyere urged the outgoing chairmen to prepare their handover notes ahead of tenure expiration, adding that after Monday anyone found parading himself as a council chairman should be arrested.Ugochinyere said: “The tenure of the present local government chairmen in Rivers State is ending in a few days, and Governor Fubara has allowed the local government system function democratically.
“If people are thinking that whatever the Supreme Court rules that you as a local government chairman that your tenure has democratically ended can now continue in office because of an extension by lawmakers who have been sacked and then went to a two bedroom apartment in Emoha and amended the local government law and say that local government chairmen, that their tenure is going to democratically expire, can continue their stay in office? That’s not democracy.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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