THERE are indications that the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on a collision course with the 23 local government chairmen elected in March 2022 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The local government chairmen have vowed not to obey Alia’s directive that they hand over the reins of power and proceed on suspension as recommended by the state House of Assembly.
They said this while addressing journalists on Saturday on the assembly’s resolution and the directive by the Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to suspend them on the orders of the governor.
The chairmen said they had briefed their lawyers to file a contempt suit against the state government for failing to respect an earlier injunction restraining it from sacking them from office.
Reacting to the position of the chairmen, Alia, through his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, said it was not a sack order but a suspension.
