The Supreme Court Thursday fixed June 13 to hear a suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs.
Justice Garba Lawal fixed the date while ruling in an application for abridgment of time argued by Lateef Fgebemi, SAN, to allow time for all parties to file their processes and exchange same.
He ordered the 36 state governors of the federation to file their respective defences to a suit instituted against them by the federal government seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. Lawal, who led a seven-man panel of the apex court, said that the decision of the court was predicated on the national urgency of the suit and the non-objection from the attorneys general of the states of the federation.
The apex court also ordered the Attorney General Of The Federation, Lateef Fagbemi SAN to file his reply within two days.