Suspended local government chairmen in Kwara State have said that they were not pressurised to withdraw their lawsuit against the state government and the state House of Assembly over their recent suspension.
It would be recalled that the council bosses had approached the state high court when the House recommended their suspension over alleged financial misappropriation which Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq went ahead to okay.
In a statement signed by chairman and secretary of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Hon. Joshua Omokanye and Hon. Abubakar Abdullahi Bata, respectively, the council chairmen said that they withdrew the case willingly to enable…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
