The Ondo State High Court, in Akure, declared the creation of 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) by the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as unconstitutional and illegal.
Akeredolu had in Spetember 2023 signed the bill establishing the councils into law after it was passed by the state House of Assembly members, after the third reading.
According to the presiding judge, Justice A.O Adebusuoye, the LCDAs were not lawfully created.
The newly created LCDAs are co-existing with the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state, bringing the total into 51.
Source: ChannelsTV