Ogun Governor Taken to Court over state debt burden

Mr Adekoya Boladale has taken the Ogun State government to court over failure to make transparent the debt profile of the state. In a statement made available to elombah.com, Adekoya said that on January 14, 2014 he directed his lawyer to request on his behalf among 32 other things the debt profile of Ogun State in accordance with the Freedom of Information

Act, 2011.

“It’s been 3 weeks after that request was made and not a single reply was received on any of the documents requested”, he told elombah.com.

Since the inception into office of the Amosun administration in Ogun State, issues have been raised about the nature and amount of debt and loans inherited from the predecessor administration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel and the current debt profile of the state. There has also been Conflicting declarations of the current debt profile as the current government has not in any situation given the public a corresponding breakdown of the various figures being thrown around .

Mr Adekoya Boladale told elombah.com: “I Am greatly disturbed on why a public institution will simply keep mute on a legally binding request such as this. My fear is that perhaps the mode of governance in my dear Ogun state is nothing short of  a secret society running under occultic oath….I have therefore approached the Federal High Court in Abeokuta through my counsels to seek legal clarification and enforcement.

DETAILS OF THE CASE

 

SUIT NO: FHC/AB/C5/12/2014

Between

ADEKOYA BOLADALE -APPLICANT

And

ATTORNEY GENERAL/COMM.FOR JUSTICE

OGUN STATE …………………….1ST RESPONDENT

COMMISSIONER FOR FINANCE, Ogun State …………………………………………2ND RESPONDENT

COMMISSIONER FOR WORKS, Ogun State……………………………………………3RD RESPONDENT

 

Date for Hearing: 19th February, 2014.

PRAYERS

1.The leave of this honourable court to bring an application for an order of mandamus against 2nd and 3rd defendants to compel their performance under the freedom of information Act.

GROUNDS FOR THE RELIEF

1.Failure of the 2nd and 3rd defendants to respond to the application of the applicant, within 7days under section 1, 2(3), (e) (iii) and 4 of the freedom of information act.

2.Freedom of the applicant to hold opinions and to receive and impact ideas and INFORMATION without interference.

3.Provisions of order 34 Rule 3 of the Federal High Court of Nigeria Civil procedures 2009 to bring an application for leave for mandamus.

4.The applicant is entitled to documents and information as requested by him from the 2nd and 3rd defendants as a citizen of Nigeria going by the provisions of section 1(1) & (2) of the freedom of information act.

 

Signed

‘Kayode AKINSOLA (Esq)

Akinsanya Adewale (Esq)

Grace Ajayi (Esq)

Ajibade Ololade (Esq)

Akinrinade Yusuf (Esq)

Ajayi O. Grace (Esq)

Imaobong Essien (Esq)

Owotomo Ifeoluwa (Esq)

 

Counsels to the Claimant,

QUEENS ATTORNEYS LP

2nd floor, Majek Kembo Towers,

Abeokuta.