Court stops El-Rufai from sacking 4,766 District and Village Heads in the State

A Kaduna State High Court in Kafanchan has
granted an interim injunction preventing Governor
of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the
state from sacking over 4,766 District and Village
Heads across the state.
El-Rufai’s government had looked into 77
districts and 1,429 village units that existed
before 2001 and automatically sacked all the 313
district heads and 4,453 village heads appointed
after year 2001 by the administration of former
Governor of the state, Gov. Ahmed Mohammed
Makarfi.
The High Court’s interim injunction also stopped
Kaduna State House of Assembly, Kaduna
Ministry of Local Government Affairs, Jaafaru
Ibrahim Sani, Adara traditional council, Gbagyi
traditional council and Attorney General of Kaduna
State, either by themselves or through their
agents, servants and privies from acting on the
directives contained in the letter of the 3rd
defendants to the 5th and 6th defendants dated
the 12th June, 2017 wherein the 1st, 3rd and 4th
defendants/Respondents directed the 5th and 6th
Defendants among others to take steps to fill the
offices of District and Village Heads within their
domains pending the hearing and determination of
Motion on Notice.
Source: The Nation