The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON) has rejected the alleged move by the Chairman of Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State, Kolade Alabi to act in disregard to pending court case on the association’s leadership tussle.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1609/2023 currently before Justice Inyang Ekwo, has been adjourned until April 30 for judgment. The Chairman of ALGON BOT, Shaban Shuaibu and other members gave the warning at a press briefing in Abuja.
The Board disclosed that it has discovered that the Chairman of Bariga Development Area, who had falsely assumed the position of National President of ALGON for the past four years ago, has been holding meetings with some five Local Government Council chairmen from across the country.
The Chairman of the ALGON Board of Trustee, Shaban Shuaibu claimed that the aim of the Council Chairman was to legitimize his further stay in office or to wrongly and unconstitutional install another person as a surrogate just as he had done for a while. According to him, in the interim, the BOT is mandated to hold and carry out all responsibilities and oversee the affairs of ALGON.
Galaxy Tv reports that Shuaibu called on the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services and other security agencies to call Alabi to order.
Other members of the Board of Trustee of the Association further buttressed the position of the National Chairman on the matter.
They called on stakeholders to be vigilant and be steadfast in upholding the sanctity of Democratic process. ALGON, comprising 774 Local Governments in Nigeria, is an integral institution enshrined in Section 8 of the 1999 Constitution, with further reinforcement in Article 4 of the ALGON Acts which clearly show that Bariga Development Area is not part of the 774 Local Governments.
