STATE OF OSUN: Lawyer drags Gov Oyetola and Deputy to Court

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The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Chairman, Ilesa Branch, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola has dragged the new governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy, Benedict Alabi to court for swearing-in under oath of ‘State of Osun’ instead of ‘Osun State’.

Ajibola who filed a 28-paragraph affidavits along with his originating summons at the Osun state High Court, Ilesa yesterday, December 27 asked the court among others, to set aside the swearing-in of the defendants as governor and deputy governor of “State of Osun” as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.

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It would be recalled that Justice Yinka Afolabi of the state High Court, Ilesa had declared the use of “State of Osun”as illegal and unconstitutional while delivering judgment on December 14, 2017 in a suit filed by the same activist lawyer against the enactment of a law tagged “State of Osun Land Use Tax Law”

Besides, the same judge struck out the stay of execution application of the judgment filed by the state government on December 4, 2018 for lack of diligent prosecution.

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In the fresh suit, Ajibola who said he filed his case in pursuant to Section 6(6) (b) and 24 of the 1999 constitution and order 3 rules 5 and 8 of the High Court of Osun state brought before the court some questions for determination.

According to him, it must be determined “by making an interpretative inference from the state’s (Creation and Transitional Provision) Act, Annotated Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2014 and the oath of office of the Governor of a state contained in the Seventh Schedule of the 1999 Constitution whether what the Constitution created is the State of Osun.

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“And that by the community reading of the same act and the 1999 constitution with its schedules and the case of Aregbesola versus Oyinlola (2010) LPELR – 3805 (CA) whether the 1st Defendant is the “Governor of State of Osun”.

He also asked the court to determine whether the swearing-in of the defendants are lawful and constitutional and whether they can lawfully benefit to their advantage, based on their “unlawful and unconstitutional occupation” of public office as the governor and deputy governor of State of Osun respectively.

 

www.sojworld.com (c) December 28, 2018

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