The Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has directed the 357 members of the transition committees to run the affairs of the 18 council areas and the 33 Local Council Development Areas LCDAs in the state to assume office.
Justifying the governor’s action, the commissioner while addressing the committee members, said that the state was not the only state affected by the Apex Court verdict. “Judgement does not take immediate effect, even at that, we cannot conduct local government election immediately. There are procedures for election, so, we will study the judgement.
” The Supreme Court judgement did not affect the appointment of the transition committee as we are only appointed to oversee the affairs of the local government. A statement issued by the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kennedy Peretei, said “it is the height of lawlessness and impunity for Aiyedatiwa to appoint Committees for LCDAs that are non-existent in the eyes of the law.
Also, the Labour Party, in a statement by its Chairman Hon. Abiodun Agbaje, said “Ondo Labour Party also vehemently rejected the action of the Ondo State Government for appointing new caretaker chairmen and transition committee for the 18 local governments across the state as well as the newly created 33 LCDAs which were already scrapped by a court judgement”