The Federal High Court in Abuja is set to determine whether Governor Usman Ododo can lawfully dissolve the tenure of Kogi State’s 21 elected local government chairmen, following a suit filed by two state indigenes challenging the proposed action.
The plaintiffs, Mustapha Abdul and Ahmed Haruna, asked the court to restrain Ododo from dissolving the tenure of the 21 local government chairmen and appointing caretaker or interim committees to administer the councils.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1490/2026, was filed on July 10 through their counsel, I. Ibrahim. The Attorney-General of Kogi State, the Kogi State House of Assembly, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) were joined as defendants.
In the originating summons, the plaintiffs asked the court to determine whether, under the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the governor has the power to dissolve the tenure of elected local government chairmen before it expires.
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