By Austin Ogwuda
….seeking an An order restraining DTSG from further discriminating against the people of Isoko South and Isoko North LGAs in the allocation of the resources
….A declaration that the allocation of Capital Projects under the 2025 Appropriation Law of Delta State across 23 LGAs of Delta State to the exclusion of Isoko South and Isoko North is discriminatory, unlawful
Despite the rigorous defence put out in the public domain by the Delta State government over the trending allegations from a section of the Isoko people concerningt the recent approval of a whopping sum of N230 billion worth of projects across different sectors in the local government councils, of which Isoko South and Isoko North Local Government Areas of the State were alleging to have been excluded has taken a new dimension.
Still dissatisfied by the explanations, the aggrieved Isoko people filed a legal action against the State government.
The suit No/HCO/M/16/2025 was filed by Abuja-based legal practitioners Anthony Asuotu Ejumejowo and Oke Michael Aziakpono both of Isoko extraction as Plaintiffs/Applicants against Delta State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice; Commissioner for Finance; Delta State House of Assembly and Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (1st-4th Defendants/Respondents) in the suit.
It is seeking:
“A declaration of this honorable court that the allocation of capital projects under the 2025 Appropriation Law of Delta State across 23 local government areas of Delta State to the exclusion of Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas and, by extension, the communities of the 1st and 2nd Applicant is discriminatory, unlawful and unconstitutional.
“An order of this honorable court setting aside the appropriation of the sum two hundred and thirty billion naira only by the government of Delta State out of the public funds of the Delta State Government for capital projects across 23 local government areas of Delta State to the exclusion of Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas and by extension the communities of the 1st and 2nd Applicant as being discriminatory, unlawful and unconstitutional.
“An order of this honorable court restraining the Delta State government from allocating capital projects under the 2025 Appropriation Law of Delta State across 23 local government areas of Delta State to the exclusion of Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas and by extension the communities of the 1st and 2nd Applicant as being discriminatory, unlawful and unconstitutional.
“An order of this honorable court setting aside the entirety of the Delta State Appropriation Law, 2025 for being discriminatory, unlawful, and unconstitutional. An order of this honorable court restraining the Delta State government from further discriminating against the people of Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas in the allocation of the resources of the State among the 25 local government areas.
No date has been fixed for hearing of the suit.
*Source: BIGPEN
Photo: Delta State Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN
