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Funds Seizure: You’re A Confused Man, Osun APC Slams Adeleke For Dragging FG To Court

ByOlamilekan Adigun

PublishedAugust 27, 2025

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the state government for filing a suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney General of the Federation over the seizure of the local government allocations for the state.

The APC described the move as an indication that the government is confused, rudderless, and in a big mess.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the state government in the originating summons filed on its behalf by a team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), asked the apex court to compel the federal government to release all withheld funds and to stop what it described as “an unconstitutional and arbitrary seizure” of local government allocations.

The Attorney General of Osun State argued that the AGF failed to comply with subsisting judgments of both the Federal High Court, Osogbo Division, delivered on November 30, 2022, and the Court of Appeal ruling of June 13, 2025, which recognized the local government chairmen and councillors elected on February 22, 2025.

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But the APC, in a statement by its Director of Media, Kola Olabisi, said approaching the court was an indication that the present administration has reached a dead end on the ‘futile efforts’ to get the allocations.

“The way and manners the Osun State Government has been going about the local government allocations issue from the Federal Government underscore the fact that it lacks diplomacy, competence, and simple understanding required to govern at any level, not to talk of a complex state like Osun.

“With this development, the principal active players propelling the machinery of Governor Adeleke’s government should cover their faces in shame as the whirlwind has blown to metaphorically expose the anus of the fowl, indicating the emptiness of the man at the helm of affairs in the state.

“One need not beat about the bush to submit and conclude that Osun State is in a serious problem under the watch of Governor Adeleke, as almost all things are in tupsy-turfy since the inauguration of his inglorious administration in 2022,” the APC stated.

Olamilekan Adigun

Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.