A high court in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has nullified the creation of additional 33 local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state.
The ruling was delivered on Thursday by Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye, who held that it is illegal for a governor to sign a law outside the state he or she governs.
Addressing journalists after the court session, Tolu Babaleye, counsel to the 22 plaintiffs, said the court held that the creation of the 33 LCDAs was “unconstitutional, null and void”.
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Recall that the Ondo state house of assembly passed the bill for the creation of the 33 additional councils on August 15, 2023, after it scaled a third reading. In September 2023, Rotimi Akeredolu, the late former Ondo state governor, signed the bill a day after his return from a three-month medical leave.
