The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a suit filed by the Osun state government seeking to restrain the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from releasing the withheld Local Government funds to the Local Government chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judgment was reserved by Justice Uwani Aba’aji after listening to arguments from counsels to the state government and the AGF, Musbau Adetumbi, SAN, and Chief Akin Olujimi, SAN, respectively.
Justice Aba’aji, who led a 7-man panel of Justices in Tuesday’s proceedings, announced that the date for judgment delivery in the suit with Number, SC/CV/773/2025 would be communicated to the two parties when it is ready.
The Osun Attorney General had, in the suit, sought an order of the apex court directing the AGF to immediately release the statutory allocations to Chairmen and Councilors validly elected for the 30 Local Government Areas of the Osun state.
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The Osun Attorney General had said the AGF was wrong in his letter recognisng the APC Local Government chairmen when the matter was pending before court of records.
He also predicated his case on the ground that the election that brought in the APC officials as Local Government chairmen and Councillors had been nullified by a Federal High Court and upheld by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Adetumbi, while presenting the case of the plaintiff, pleaded with the seven Justices to uphold his arguments and grant all the reliefs sought by his client.
However, Akin Olujimi SAN urged the apex court to dismiss the plaintiff’s case on various grounds.
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.
