A Niger Delta leader, Chief Goodnews Abalagha, has criticised James Ibori for opposing the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils. The former Delta State Governor stated that asking the federal government to pay local government allocations to their respective accounts “is utter madness”. “The Supreme Court has dealt a severe setback to the principle of federalism as defined by Section 162(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended),” he stressed. In an interview with DAILY POST on Saturday, Abalagba declared support for the decision of the apex c…