Withheld LG allocations: Supreme Court strikes out Osun’s case against FG

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJAThe Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit that sought to compel the Federal Government to release all the allocations belonging to Local Government Councils, LGCs, in Osun State, which it withheld.A seven-member panel of the apex court, in a split decision of six to one, held that the legal action which was brought before it by the Attorney General of Osun State lacked competence.In the lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, the court held