The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case instituted by the Osun State government challenging the Attorney General of the Federation for withholding local government funds due to it.
Justice Uwani Abba- Aji, who led a seven- man panel of Justices, reserved judgement, to a date that will be communicated to the parties, after taking arguments from parties in the suit.
In the suit, the Attorney General of Osun State, is seeking an order of the apex court directing the AGF to immediately release the statutory allocations to chairmen and councillors of the 30 LGA of the state.
Counsel for the the plaintiff, Musibau Adetunbi, who invoked Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, based on a letter according recognition to the disputed APC chairmen, also sought an order stopping the AGF from further withholding, seizing monthly allocations and revenues, to the credit of the constituents local governments, having democratically elected chairmen in place.