The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has described the suspension of local government chairmen and vice chairmen in Edo State as unconstitutional and a violation of their autonomy.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Fagbemi emphasised that the suspension, initiated by the Edo State House of Assembly and endorsed by Governor Monday Okpebholo, contravenes the principles established in a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
“One thing that I know and can say without fear is that under the present dispensation, the governor has no right to remove any local government chairman,” Fagbemi asserted.
