Justice Afolabi also decried the incumbent state governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola for deliberately and singlehandedly renaming the state illegally contrary to the known norms and the nation’s constitution. Similarly, he held that the makers of the law, who are serving as members of the Osun State House of Assembly, were not inaugurated as members of the “State of Osun House of Assembly” but as members of Osun State House of Assembly, in line with the 7th schedule of the constitution. To re-order the name of Osun State as “State of Osun” is hereby declared as illegal, null and void. An Order setting aside the “State of Osun Land use charge Law, 2016” having being enacted by the legislative body that is not known to the constitution and for the state not known to the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) is not enforceable in Osun State. However, a credible source in the Osun State Ministry of Justice informed the Nigerian Tribune that arrangement have been concluded to file application for stay of execution over the court ruling early next week.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 14, 2017 19:30 UTC