Kwara extends council chairmen’s suspension

The suspension of the 16 Local Government councils chairmen in Kwara State has been extended by six months.

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Thursday also extended the suspension of the legislative council committees in the 16 Local Government Areas.

Spokesman of the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin.

He said, “the governor has today signed the Kwara state Local Government Councils (Suspension) order 2020 which extends the subsisting suspension of the executive and legislative committees by six months.

“This extension which is pursuant to the subsisting Kwara State House of Assembly resolution of 18th June 2019, is in public interest.”

“The extension comes on the heels of the yet to be concluded probe into the alleged financial infractions of the council heads and their legislative committees by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,” the statement added.

The latest extension would be the third since the embattled councils chairmen’s ordeal began in 2019.

CandyNews reports that the suspended council chairmen recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as part of the strategy to get safe landing.