Nigeria: Court orders Okpebholo, Edo Assembly to maintain status quo — Africa Links 24

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, ordered Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo, the House of Assembly and other parties in a suit filed by the 18 suspended local government chairmen in the state to maintain status quo.

Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, gave the order after counsel to the plaintiffs, Anderson Asemota, moved a motion ex-parte to the effect.

Earlier, Asemota, while moving the motion, told the court that the plaintiffs, who are LG chairmen, were suspended by the state’s…