Nigerian frontline lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Lateef Fagbemi to resign from the position if President Bola Tinubu does not listen to his legal guidance.
The senior lawyer said this while noting that the Federal
Government’s decision to withhold funds meant for local governments in Osun
State is nothing but a political move.
He said that the President may not be getting proper legal
guidance from Fagbemi following the AGF’s recent recommendation in a letter to
the ministry of Finance that the LGA allocations be released to the sacked All
Progressives Congress, APC, officials in the state.
Ozekhome said this was not good for democracy.
He reminded Tinubu that as the governor of Lagos State, he
encountered a similar issue with the then Olusegun Obasanjo, who withheld Lagos
state allocations.
“The Supreme Court held that the Federal Government could
never withhold funds meant for local governments in Lagos State,” he reminded
the President.
Ozekhome said he doubts if the President would reject proper
advice and legal guidance from Fagbemi, adding, “If he did give the advice and
the President ignored it, then he ought to resign.”
According to him, when then AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke
advised former President Goodluck Jonathan against removing the Governor of
Plateau State from office while a state of emergency could be declared in Plateau,
“The President abided by that advice.”
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