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Tenure Suit for Yes/No LG Executives Still Active Till February 2026 – Osun APC Warns Adeleke, PDP

ByHafsoh Isiaq

PublishedDecember 7, 2025

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against what it described as deliberate misinformation regarding the status of ‘reinstated’ local government chairmen and councillors, insisting that the legal battle determining their tenure remains active in court.

In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, the APC faulted the state government for allegedly confusing the public after what it termed a “colossal loss” suffered by the PDP following the reinstatement of elected council executives.

According to Lawal, a subsisting suit FHC/OS/CS/147/2025 is currently before the Federal High Court, seeking judicial clarification on the tenure of the reinstated APC chairmen and councillors. The matter, which came up last month, has been adjourned to February 2026.

The suit also questions whether the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has the authority to conduct another local government election while the reinstated officials are still legally in office. APC maintained that OSSIEC’s February 2025 exercise, which the PDP has been parading as a valid election, was nothing more than “a ruse” and an “illegal declaration.”

Lawal accused the state government and some PDP leaders, including Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, of engaging in tactics aimed at inciting the public against the APC, warning that such actions do not reflect the true position of the law.

He added that the APC executives, who had their first official sitting in February 2025, are legally entitled to a three-year tenure until a competent court decides otherwise.

The opposition party further called on security agencies—including the police, DSS and NSCDC—to remain vigilant amid what it described as growing threats of violence allegedly sponsored by desperate politicians within the ruling party. The APC referenced an incident in Otan-Aiyegbaju, Boluwaduro Local Government, following the Supreme Court judgment that dismissed the state government’s suit against the Attorney-General of the Federation.

Appealing for calm, Lawal warned parents and guardians to discourage their children from being recruited into political violence, claiming that some politicians “keep their own children safely away while using children of the poor as instruments of crisis.”

He urged APC supporters across the state to remain peaceful and avoid retaliatory actions despite the “lingering political logjam” affecting local government administration.

The party reiterated its commitment to legal and constitutional processes as it awaits the court’s final determination in February 2026.

Hafsoh Isiaq

Hafsoh Isiaq is a graduate of Linguistics. An avid writer committed to creative, high-quality research and news reportage. She has considerable experience in writing and reporting across a variety of platforms including print and online.