Anambra State born politician and activist, Chief Ifeanyi Okonkwo has dragged the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo and three of his predecessors, Chris Ngige, Peter Obi and Willie Obiano to court for allegedly running the affairs of the 21 local government areas in the state with unelected officials.
Okonkwo is praying the court to hold that by administering the councils through officials who are not democratically elected, Soludo and his predecessors have contravened both Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and a subsisting judgment of the same court, which he said declared that the Anambra State Government has no powers to appoint officials to govern the local government areas.
The plaintiff is claiming that having acted contrary to the Constitution which they swore to uphold, the defendants should be barred by the court from contesting election or occupying public office or seeking for re-election under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The suit with no FHC/AWK/CS/90/2024, was instituted through originating summons at the Federal High Court, Awka.
The plaintiff seeks nine consequential reliefs against the defendants premised on the interpretation of the previous judgment of the court in suit no. FHC/EN//CS/2005, delivered on September 26, 2006.
Although the incumbent Governor, Soludo has stayed more than two years in office, plaintiff claimed that there was nothing on ground to suggest that his administration intends to hold council polls in the near future.
Meanwhile, no date has yet been fixed for hearing of the fresh suit.
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