Daily Post Nigeria Lawyer slams Aiyedatiwa over appointment of transition committees for LCDAs Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Lawyer slams Aiyedatiwa over appointment of transition committees for LCDAs Published on July 11, 2024 By Abdul Babajide An Ondo State-based lawyer and human rights activist, Tope Temokun, has described the appointment of transition committees for the Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as illegal. Temokun, who stated that the appointment was a directed attack on the people, stated that any committee constituted other than a democratically elected body is a caretaker committee in disguise. The committee was constituted following the postponement of the local government election in the state by the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, a few days ago.
The constitution of the caretaker committees was coming amid the nullification of the creation of the LCDAs by an Ondo State High Court, which described the establishment by the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as null and void. The lawyer, in a statement, said: “Any other body, committee, or whatever name so-called, constituted to oversee the affairs of the local governments, other than a democratically elected body, is a nullity to the extent of its conflict with the clear provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). “A system of local government by democratically elected local go.