Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Tuesday, cautioned states not to commit contempt of court by disobeying the verdict of the supreme court, saying that nobody has the power to rewrite the court judgment on the matter of the financial autonomy for the local government areas.
The minister’s comment was not unconnected to the recent decision of the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to sign into law a bill that grants oversight power to…
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