Oyo State Government said yesterday it had not disobeyed the court order that instructed the payment of N4.2billion to sacked council bosses.
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo, said the state did not disobey the court order, adding that it had started paying the sacked council bosses
He said the state would approach the court to challenge the jurisdiction on the matter and would seek justice.
Oyewo said: “The state is not in disobedience of the court order.
“Out of N4.2billion, we have paid N1.5billion and we were also in the process of paying. But because of the cash swap policy that disrupted our plans, so, the finances were disrupted and we could not.
“We are not in disobedience of the court and we are going to go to court. We observed that the Federal Capital Territory does not have jurisdiction on the matter, but these are matters that will be brought before the court.
“Oyo State is amenable to instalmental payment and even the judgments that were given during Ajimobi’s administration, we are still paying them. “At the end of the day, the court will give a hearing and we are amenable to instalmental payment and we are still going to go to court and quash the order.”