About 56 serving councillors in Anambra State on Tuesday filed a suit challenging the constitutional validity of the state government’s decision to limit the tenure of elected Local Government officials to two years.
In suit no. A/261/2026, pending before the State High Court in Awka, the plaintiffs joined the state Attorney General, the Anambra State House of Assembly, and the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission as the first, second, and third defendants, respectively.
The lawmakers are challenging Section 110(A) of the Anambra State Electoral (Amendment No. 3) Law, 2024, arguing that it violates Section 7(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which guarantees a democratically elected local government system.
According to them, the Constitution pronounced a secure and stable tenure for elected local government officials and does not permit state authorities to arbitrarily cut short their mandate.
They are asking the court to strike down the controversial section of the state electoral law, describing it as unconstitutional, null and void.
