An Ondo State High Court in Akure has issued a restraining order against Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, preventing him from inaugurating the interim management committee for the 18 local government areas and the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
This committee was appointed by the governor and cleared by the Ondo State House of Assembly.
However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filed an interim injunction to stop the defendants, including the governor, the speaker of the Ondo Assembly, and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, from inaugurating the committee.
The PDP asked the court to prevent the defendants from inaugurating any person or persons not democratically elected as member(s) of caretaker committees to administer the affairs of the local councils and the LCDA.
Justice Yemi Fasanmi, who granted the order, said that the defendants/respondents are restrained from inaugurating any non-elected member of caretaker committees to administer the affairs of local government councils and Local Council Development Areas in Ondo state until the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction in this suit.
