Ekiti PDP threatens to sue Assembly
The Peoples Democratic Party, Ekiti State, has threatened to sue the Ekiti State House of Assembly for contempt if it took further steps on the bill seeking creation of the new 18 Local Council Development Authorities. The party gave the warning in a July 8 letter by its Legal Adviser, Mr. Kolapo Kolade, to the Speaker, Adewale Omirin, in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. He recalled that the party had gone to court to challenge the bid to create the LCDAs by the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Kolade warned that it will be contemptuous for the Assembly to pass the bill when there was a pending suit in Court. Citing Cap 8, Section 54(5) of the standing order of the Assembly, the party quoted that “No matter, pending in Court of Law shall be entertained by the House in order not to prejudice the decision of the court in respect of the matter.” “Similarly, it is in law that when an application for injunction is pending in Court, none of the parties should take step regarding the is...