ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High court of Zamfara state, the respondents in this appeal who were the plaintiffs, by way of originating summons sought answers to the following questions, and reliefs against the defendants/appellants.
"1. Whether the 1st and or the 2nd Respondent can dissolve a democratically elected Local Government Council and replace same with a caretaker committee or Sole Administrator?
2. Whether the 1st Respondent (sic) virtue of S.7(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (sic) appoint the 4th Respondent as Sole Administrator of Gummi Local Government Council?
3. Are section (sic) 79 and 80 of Law No. 21 Zamfara State Local Government 2000 not inconsistent with S.7(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?"
The reliefs sought against the respondents are:-
"a. A Declaration that:
i. The 1st Respondent, Governor of Zamfara State has no power whatsoever to appoint any person, or …