Osun LG Crisis: Govt lauds Appeal Court’s Rejection of APC’s Bid To Relist Suit
By Tom Okpe
The Osun State Government has commended Friday’s judgement of the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, which dismissed an application by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to relist a previously struck-out case over sacking of Local Government Chairmen elected in the controversial 2022 polls.
Addressing newsmen in Osogbo on Friday, the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, said the appellate court’s decision marks the final reaffirmation that the Local Government election held on October 15, 2022, under former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, was unconstitutional, null, and void.
According to him, “On the verdict of the Court of Appeal that sat yesterday, 13th June, 2025 in Akure, the Ondo State capital, which, in its judgement, reaffirmed that the Local Government elections, conducted by Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, in 2022 under the administration of Gboyega Oyetola was unconstitutional, null and void.
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“In the judgement delivered, the Court of Appeal states that the dismissal of Appeal No FHC/ OS/CS/94/2022 on Jan.13, 2025 shows that the judgement of the Federal High Court in suit No FHC/OS/CS//94/2022 which sacked the Osun APC Yes/No Chairmen and Councillors still subsists and binding on all those Chairmen and Councillors.
“The court made it clear that the APC, appellant in the case, failed to meet the conditions upon which the Appeal could be revisited.
“The APC led by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola inflicted on the people of Osun State, the most peaceful State in Nigeria, the unwarranted,
unprovoked and unnecessary political crisis, leading to loss of many lives and properties in the State.
“We therefore, call on Oyetola and Osun APC to apologize to the good people of Osun State for the unwarranted and unnecessary chaos which they inflicted on the people of the State for the period it lasted.
“We use this opportunity to appreciate and thank the Judiciary for their courage and steadfastness in standing by the truth, justice and rule of law.”
