Oyo LG Crisis: You Lied Against Judiciary — Ajimobi to Makinde

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The immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo state, Mr Seun Abimbola has insisted that there was no court order against holding the local government elections of  May 2018 in the state, describing the statement credited to Governor Seyi Makinde’s spokesman, Mr. Taiwo Adisa as a blatant lie carried too far.

Barrister Abimbola also dared Governor Makinde led administration to produce such order if it truly exists.

Mr Taiwo Adisa had on Thursday dismissed the allegation by the Association of Local Governments (ALGON), Oyo State chapter that  Governor Makinde contravened the court order, having inaugurated caretaker committees for the 33 local governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), advising the aggrieved members to seek redress in court.

The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Adisa, who reacted while interacting with journalists also stated that there was no violation of any court order by the state government. He added that the matter they took to the court, in the first place, looks like a slap on the face of the Judiciary because the election that brought the chairmen into the office was conducted in contravention of a court order.

But, Barrister Abimbola in his comments made available to Mouthpiece NG on Friday further submitted: “I want to believe the political zeal of this press adviser will not misinform the Governor. This statement is a blatant lie carried too far. 

” I can say clearly here that there was no court order against holding the local government elections of  May 2018. In fact, I dare anyone with any such order to produce it if it exists. 

“There are many ways to justify an illegality, but let’s not lie against the judiciary. Courts are courts of record with certified proceedings and judgments to show for every case. If the injunction exists it is not in the air, but in printed court records. The phantom injunction touted was set aside by Abdulmalik J. of the Federal High Court Ibadan, and the entire case dismissed on 10th May 2018 before the election held. 

“If the pressmen echoing this lie with the originators of it were interested in the truth of this phantom injunction, should you not have gone to the Federal High court Ibadan to check the public records and produce the supposed order? 

“Please keep the courts out of this politicking .

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