The Court of Appeal has reinstated chairmen of local government areas in Imo State sacked by the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
The judgment was delivered on Thursday morning by the court, sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The council chairmen were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party during the regime of a former Governor of the state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim.
But on assumption of office, Okorocha, who came in on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, sacked the council bosses.
Details of the judgment coming soon.