Newly Elected Council Chairmen Run To Court Asking For Protection Against Wike

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed June 10, 2015 to hear a suit filed by elected local government chairmen in Rivers state.

Nyesom Wike

Daily Post reports that the elected chairmen seek a court injunction to restrain the Rivers state House of Assembly and Governor Nyesom Wike from dissolving them.

According to the suit, the dissolving the democratically elected local government council will be the violation of section 7 of the Constitution.

READ ALSO: PHOTOS: Wike Shows Leaders Of Rivers State The Vandalised Government House

They are also seeking an injunction restraining the accountant-general and the attorney-general of the federation and the revenue mobilisation, allocation and fiscal commission from releasing any fund meant for the local government council to any other person or body.

Moreover, the chairmen want the court to restrain Governor Wike, the Rivers state House of Assembly and the Rivers state police command from preventing them from entering their offices.

Meanwhile, Nyesom Wike has kept to his promise to probe the administration of the former governor, Rotimi Amaechi. He has told all state permanent secretaries to reveal account details of their spending for the last eighteen months.

Earlier this week the governor even announced that he would stay away from the Government House in Port Harcourt until September because of the vandalisation of the property by the past administration.

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