DENTON-WEST JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The validity or otherwise of the composition of a panel of enquiry happens to be the crux of this appeal which is against the ruling of Hon. Justice Akoja whose decision overruled the preliminary objection of the appellants. The appellants A sought for the following reliefs before the lower court.
Whether the Panel of Enquiry known as panel and enquiry on Oyun Local Government constituted by the Honourable Chief Judge of Kwara State was properly constituted in view of the provisions of section 28(5)(a) of the Kwara State Local Government Law of 2005 and the provision of section 318 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Whether the proceedings and report of the panel was also wrong, void, illegal and of no effect whatsoever considering the non compliance with the relevant provisions of the Law in constitutingthe panel made up of members of the public service as defined by section318 and in flagrant violation of the …