No fewer than 56 serving councillors in Anambra State have filed a suit before a state high court in Awka, challenging the constitutional validity of the two -year tenure of local government council officials.
The suit, marked A/261/2026, has the Attorney General of the state, the Anambra State House of Assembly, and the State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) as the first, second, and third defendants, respectively.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to declare that the system of local government guaranteed under Section 7(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, envisaged a secure, stable and reasonable tenure capable of promoting effective grassroots governance.
They contended that the provision does not permit state actors to truncate the tenure of elected local government officials arbitrarily.
The plaintiffs are also seeking a declaration that Section 110(A) of the Anambra State Electoral (Amendment No. 3) Law, 2024 is unconstitutional, null and void.
