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Reports have it that Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has concluded plans to appoint new caretaker chairmen for each of the 33 local government councils.
This comes few days after a Federal High Court, Abuja, granted an injunction restraining the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) from conducting the election slated for February 11, 2017.
The court order was one of the prayers in a case brought before it by some village heads (baales) in Oyo East, Oyo West an Atiba local governments.
The court also ordered that the allocation to councils in the state be stopped pending the determination of the case.
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It was learnt that at a meeting he presided over on Wednesday at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, Ajimobi disclosed that he was going to appoint caretaker chairmen for the local governments pending the determination of the case in court.
It is not clear if caretaker committees will also be appointed for the 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) which is the crux of the matter in court.
The development has since doused tension among APC members in the state.
The governor was also quoted to have spoken in favour of consensus candidates for the election later in the year. He was said to have explained that the idea of consensus candidates will reduce bitterness and acrimonious associated with general primary.
For now, lobbying for appointments into the caretaker committees have begun from the 33 local governments.