An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday said constitutionally, the name, ‘State of Osun,’ does not exist.

The court held that what is known to the country’s constitution is Osun State.

Justice Mathias Agboola, while delivering a judgement in a case brought before it by a lawyer, Mr Kanmi Ajibola, against the state government over a personal tax of N5.3m that the state Internal Revenue Service asked him to pay, said it amounted to “artistic colouration when ‘Osun State’ is referred to ‘State of Osun’.”

Ajibola had approached the court to seek redress over tax demanded from him which he said was punitive because he usually held opposing views to those of the immediate past governor, Rauf Aregbesola.

The lawyer also urged the court to declare the law upon which the tax was based as illegal since it was a law made by ‘The House of Assembly of State of Osun,’ a body unknown to the constitution.

Defence counsel, M. Popoola, had asked that the case be struck out for lack of jurisdiction.

In his judgement, Justice Agboola said lawyers should be wary of legal implications of referring to Osun State as the “State of Osun”.

He, however, upheld the submission of the defence that Ajibola did not seek all necessary means of settlement before approaching the court.

He further held that Ajibola should seek redress through other necessary procedures laid down by the tax law, adding that should such failed, the plaintiff should return to court.

thesicilian:
I've always wondered why they call themselves State of Osun and why no lawyer in their government has ever bothered to correct them

Nemere2020:


https://punchng.com/state-of-osun-does-not-exist-says-court/

Awol1:
I always knew this stupidity of Aregbesola will not withstand legal scrutiny. Very stupid act.

Tell me what that name change has benefited Osun state?

Just like people suggesting PDP and Nigeria should change name. Very stupid suggestion.

There's nothing to name. But everything to character and attitude.

State of Osun KO, State of Sango ni

Abubaushe:


The level of physco-intrasigiency is high in this country,the state of osun or the state of zamfara is a matter of nomenclature,how it becomes a legal matter still baffles me.In USA,the constitution shows the states,if a state in Nigeria decides to refer itself as 'state of osun' its a matter of nomenclature.qed!
It is a state declaration not a FG issue and does not change the fact that our constituition refers to state and not state of....hence, ogbeni was trying to globalised the state.
What if a future president sent a bill for this country to be refered to as United states of Nigeria?All hell will let loose!
Be informed

sexiestharam:
Only in Nigeria will a state governor wake up, consider himself an emperor and decide to change the name of a state!

yoyderorto: