By Our Reporter

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has concluded plans to institute a legal action against Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, over the appointment of caretaker committees to manage the affairs of the 25 local government areas of the state.

Already, the main opposition party has raised a legal team to facilitate the action against the governor.

The party considered the appointment of the caretaker committees as illegal and flagrant contravention of the people’s right to elect their leaders.

It will be recalled that Uduaghan recently constituted caretaker committees for the council areas, which have been subjected to the management by the heads of personnel managements since May 13, 2011.

Uduaghan had explained that the caretaker committees would administer the councils pending when the local government poll would be held in the state.

But the ACN disagreed with the governor, describing his action as unjustifiable.

ACN’ s Delta State chapter chairman, Mr. Adolor Okotie-Eboh, told our correspondent yesterday that “anything short of a properly conducted local government election is unacceptable to ACN.”

He said the action of the governor was alien to the Nigerian constitution, adding that ACN would not allow the action to stay.

He said, The constitution of Nigeria did not make any provision for the inauguration of caretaker committees to manage the council areas. The law provided for the conduct of local government to enable the people to determine and elect their leaders at the third tier of government.

We are heading for court to challenge the illegality and our legal team is set for action against the governor, Okotie-Eboh.