Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence

Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF - Politics - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum › Nairaland General › Politics › Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF (9176 Views)

1 2 3 Reply (Go Down)

Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Maxymilliano(op): 1:39pm On Feb 19, 2025

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has described the illegal dissolution and taking over of local government administration by state governors as a treasonable offence.

Fagbemi stated this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of an event organised by the Nigeria Bar Association in Abuja.

Represented by the Director of Civil Appeals in the ministry, Tijani Gazali, the AGF noted that despite the judgment of the Supreme Court and the provision of the constitution guarding against the interference of state governors in the running of local government councils, some governors and their state assemblies continue dissolving elected local government council without following the provisions of the constitution.

He also accused the Attorney General and Commissioners for Justice at the state level for not giving legal advice to their governors and called for a stiff penalty against any governor who continues in such an illegal act.

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/19/illegal-dissolution-of-lg-council-a-treasonable-offence-agf/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIirwlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVlG08wLBGWvyh8wyiFiWaMGmlywRfo_AfNt44ehvadMBBRl4UsPj4MmfQ_aem_i3Mn6UqB_jxmF_D5wQMv6A

18 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Bobloco: 1:49pm On Feb 19, 2025*

The AGF should walk the talk by ensuring that Okpebholo is charged with treason, regardless of his immunity. He will face the charges as soon as he hands over power

29 Likes 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by gsmphoneseller: 1:56pm On Feb 19, 2025

Where did Tinubu get these kind of ministers/Attorney General from?

To Yorubas, if you disagree with their lonsided government, they'll call it treason or felony.

Government of Yorubas for Yorubas only.

15 Likes 5 Shares

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by slimfit1(m): 2:04pm On Feb 19, 2025

I don't even know that we have an attorney in Nigeria.

4 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by SmartPolician: 2:14pm On Feb 19, 2025*

I like this. The LG administration must work. There should be a mechanism for tracking what LG chairpersons are doing with their allocations and they must live within their domains.

You cannot be an LGA chairman and live in state capital. If you don't like the law, don't contest for the position.

LGA chairman living outside his LGA is like Hope Uzodinma governing Imo State from Abuja.

14 Likes 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by papyjaypaul: 2:15pm On Feb 19, 2025

The elephants in the room are the governors who want to chop the LG funds. Most people call on the Presidents but let's face it, governance starts at your local area and that is your LGA. Why are you more interested in who's president than who's your councilor huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPRDt3QCrc

I am not absolving FG of blame but if people turned the eyes on the governors as they do to the president, they'll see that we have a lot of lazy politicians.

1 Like 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Coldspice: 2:15pm On Feb 19, 2025*

gsmphoneseller:
Where did Tinubu get these kind of ministers/Attorney General from?

To Yorubas, if you disagree with their lonsided government, they'll call it treason or felony.

Government of Yorubas for Yorubas only.

Look at this child of paupers. Is anyone in your wretched lineage as accomplished and educated as Fagbemi?

Fagbemi is one of the brightest lawyers in this country, but one idiotic element selling stolen phones is talking trash. Alex Otti building gutters in Abia was one of Fagbemi's clients.

40 Likes 3 Shares

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by brainpulse: 2:15pm On Feb 19, 2025

Good. No state govenor can do that anymore under the new law. The state allocation will be withheld if any state governor does that.

35 Likes 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Bigboytinz: 2:15pm On Feb 19, 2025

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Greenlandz: 2:15pm On Feb 19, 2025

Oga once again are you an Attorney general or a stooge?🤒

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Is04970: 2:16pm On Feb 19, 2025

gsmphoneseller:
Where did Tinubu get these kind of ministers/Attorney General from?

To Yorubas, if you disagree with their lonsided government, they'll call it treason or felony.

Government of Yorubas for Yorubas only.

Na wa o
Na this brain you dey take cross road?

8 Likes 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by sucess001(m): 2:16pm On Feb 19, 2025

Does this AGF understand that governors have authority seperate from the president?

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by tutudesz: 2:16pm On Feb 19, 2025

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Blue3k(m): 2:18pm On Feb 19, 2025

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has described the illegal dissolution and taking over of local government administration by state governors as a treasonable offence.

Deterrent to bad behavior is a must. It seems people who dislike him stating this fact have never enforced rules. Laws are just opions with a gun behind them. If you're not willing to shoot you're rules can't be disregarded. What do you regard overthrowing a duly elected government?

Simply punish the policemen and anybody working under the governor. This sort of case is conspiracy. Once you have a few guys at the bottom jammed up they will happily sell out the governor know state pardons won't help them with federal charges.

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by mariovito(m): 2:18pm On Feb 19, 2025

And what will you do about it?

Abi Governors are no longer protected by section 308?

Maybe after they step down as governor

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Samajogs: 2:20pm On Feb 19, 2025

This minister now dullard... Talk talk without action. Just talk then go and sleep

1 Like 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by BABANGBALI: 2:20pm On Feb 19, 2025

Yinmu. So so talk, no action

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by correctyourself(m): 2:20pm On Feb 19, 2025

slimfit1:
I don't even know that we have an attorney in Nigeria.

He would likely make the best amongst the recent ones. I have not heard any financial misconduct about him.

3 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by ElevationD: 2:20pm On Feb 19, 2025

Then what happened in the case of Edo state? Did Lateef Fagbemi call the attorney general of Edo state to order?

Should it be different strokes for different folks?

4 Likes 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by DeLaRue: 2:21pm On Feb 19, 2025

True.

However, the immunity clause in the Constitution needs to be amended so that Governors can at least be prosecuted for treasonable felony while they are in office.

Without such amendment, Governors will continue to ignore or scheme around Supreme Court judgements.

If Governors or any President can ignore Supreme Court rulings and we accept and normalise it, then we have walked ourselves into a lawless, ungovernable situation.

4 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Guestmale: 2:22pm On Feb 19, 2025

It's appalling that state governors has turned themselves to emperors in their respected states. The power president can not exercise over them is what they are exercising over the local government chairmen in their states.

2 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by LEGALSER: 2:22pm On Feb 19, 2025

Maxymilliano:
https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/19/illegal-dissolution-of-lg-council-a-treasonable-offence-agf/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIirwlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVlG08wLBGWvyh8wyiFiWaMGmlywRfo_AfNt44ehvadMBBRl4UsPj4MmfQ_aem_i3Mn6UqB_jxmF_D5wQMv6A

This corrupt bastard.

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by VinnyBaba: 2:25pm On Feb 19, 2025

The ONLY reasonable appointee by Tinibu.

Cardozo, Wale Edun and others are OVERRATED buffoons. undecided

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Guestmale: 2:25pm On Feb 19, 2025

sucess001:
Does this AGF understand that governors have authority seperate from the president?

But local government chairmen doesn't have authority separate from the governors.

1 Like 1 Share

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Bluntemperor: 2:25pm On Feb 19, 2025

Bobloco:
The AGF should walk the talk by ensuring that Okpebholo is charged with treason, regardless of his immunity. He will face the charges as soon as he hands over power

Rubbish talk!
So,Okpebholo is your pain, because your preferred PDP lost in Edo State and by your statement,you want them back.
How do you rate the ALGON Performances in Oyo and Other States and why are your Governors - not ready to obey the Supreme Court Judgement Maintaining of Separate Accounts in running the Local Govt, from the State government business- because of Corruption, afterall,many of them ( States) are not Accountable,nor Transparent 🪟 in the Humongous NBILLIONS Money 💰, usually collected from the quarterly (4 months) Federation Accounts Oil Money!
No wander,many States -don't have anything for the Youths and the Masses are really getting Poorer 💩.
Radarada!

2 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by faoogoke(m): 2:26pm On Feb 19, 2025

Story!!!

We hear this over and over again and its seems there is no way to stop it.

Until the courts commit these criminal governors to jails we will keep going round in circles over this issue.

Only the judiciary can help us of this madness. Its not enough to declear the dissolution of Local government council illegal but to commit to jail

the governor that made the order.

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by zero8zero(m): 2:27pm On Feb 19, 2025

True talk, the Governors must pay for their rascality.

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by chopnaira: 2:27pm On Feb 19, 2025

Warning shots.

2 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Amalekki: 2:27pm On Feb 19, 2025

Is04970:
Na wa o
Na this brain you dey take cross road?

I taya

1 Like

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by tunjijones(m): 2:31pm On Feb 19, 2025

These governors are the worst set of politicians in Nigeria.

3 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Alsenora: 2:32pm On Feb 19, 2025

It's all about the windfall of direct disbursement of funds to LGs that will no longer be in the state cofers that governors are misbehaving. Greedy lot.

Guestmale:
It's appalling that state governors has turned themselves to emperors in their respected states. The power president can not exercise over them is what they are exercising over the local government chairmen in their states.

3 Likes

Re: Illegal Dissolution Of LG Council A Treasonable Offence – AGF by Parypaso: 2:33pm On Feb 19, 2025

All this Local Government issue is always in opposition states. A tactical way to get hold of those state structures by FG. 2027

1 2 3 Reply

Illegal Dissolution Of LG Councils a Treasonable Offence – AGF, Fagbemi • Rivers Crises: Ikwerre LG Council Headquarters On Fire • Supreme Court Upholds Treasonable Charges Against Nnamdi Kanu • 2 • 3 • 4

Nsulu Land Owners Rejoice As Abia Government Begins Clearing For Airport Project • Criminals, Touts Now In Charge Of Politics In Nigeria — Falana • Refinery Fraud: EFCC Recovers Billions As Ex-NNPCL Officials Face Prosecution