ALGON Warns Makinde Against Swearing In Caretaker Secretaries

The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has warned the Oyo State Governor against swearing in Caretaker secretaries, describing it as a clear disobedience of existing Court order.
This warning was contained in a statement issued yesterday by the Oyo State chairman of ALGON, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, who said information had got to the association that the Governor had concluded plans to swear in the caretaker secretaries any moment from now.
ALGON also advised the Governor to be sensitive to the situation in the country with the global pandemic, COVID-19 ravaging the whole world, Nigeria and Oyo state not being exempted.
According to the statement “It has come to our attention at ALGON Oyo State that the Governor is not relenting in his serial disobedience to both the judgment of the Supreme court and the extant substantive judgment of the Oyo state high court, restraining all the actions disbanding elected council leadership, forbidding the appointment of caretakers over Local councils, striking down as unconstitutional any consequential act therefrom and injunctions restraining the Governor and the Oyo state government from embarking on these threatened acts.”
“It is very regrettable that this Governor,despite these judgments, in spite of repeated warnings from ALGON, distinguished senior lawyers, a reprimand and strong advisory letter from the AGF for disobeying the Supreme court, Governor Makinde continues with his trademark reckless disobedience”.