Appeal Court Reinstates Sacked APC Local Govt Chairmen in Osun

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 10th Feb, 2025 - tori.ng

The court, in a judgment in Tuesday ordered the immediate resumption of office of the council officials.

 
Local government chairmen and councillors sacked by Governor Ademola Adeleke have been reinstated by the the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure.
 
The court gave the order in a judgment on Tuesday.
 
It ordered the immediate resumption of office of the council officials who are all members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
 
Meanwhile, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, has filed an appeal against the Appeal Court judgement.
 
The government filed an application for stay of execution, pending hearing of the appeal.
 
Recall that on assumption of office in November 2022, Governor Adeleke sacked the local government officials after a High Court decision had earlier upturned their election.
 
The High Court sacked the council officials after their election which was organised by OSSIEC.
 
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other political parties had approached the High Court to challenge the council elections.
 
They prayed the court to declare the election as a nullity because it was only the APC candidates who contested vacant positions and the ‘options given to them was either a YES or NO’.
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