Osun LG Crisis: APC Blasts Adeleke Over Letter To FG, Says PDP Chairmen ‘Impostors’

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration over the state government’s letter to Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamsudeen Babatunde Ogunjimi; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, introducing the newly elected PDP chairmen and councillors across the 30 local government areas and area offices in the state.

The APC, which condemned the act, further described it as a shameful attempt to legitimize “illegally-selected” PDP local government chairmen and councillors.
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OSUN DEFENDER earlier reports that the state government, in a letter dated March 7, 2025, through the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, had written to Fagbemi, Ogunjimi and Cardoso urging the federal authorities to recognize only the PDP-elected local government officials.

The government also noted that the APC executives from the 2022 local government election had been legally removed by a subsisting Federal High Court judgment.

Reacting to the letter in a statement on Wednesday by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, , the APC insisted that the PDP officials introduced by the State Government, were mere impostors since there was no election that lawfully produced them.

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The opposition party argued that there were no vacancies in Osun local governments, as the Court of Appeal had, on February 10, 2025, reinstated the local government executives elected in October 2022, who were previously sacked by Governor Ademola Adeleke.

“We want to put it on record that the introduced PDP chieftains are impersonators as there was no election where such characters were elected.

“The Court of Appeal had reinstated the duly elected APC local government chairmen and councillors, yet Governor Adeleke ignored this judgment and conducted a sham election,” the statement read.

The APC also faulted Adeleke’s “hypocrisy”, recalling that after the PDP Caucus in the National Assembly sought interpretation of the Appeal Court verdict, the AGF advised the governor AR0038 – Air Jordan Super.Fly MVP PF 'White' , 100 – The outsole of the Air Jordan 5 Low Doernbecher Freestyle – JmksportShops against conducting fresh elections since the APC chairmen were yet to complete their tenure.

“It is bizarre that Governor Adeleke, who arrogantly disregarded the Attorney-General’s legal advice and went ahead with an illegitimate election, is now writing to the same Attorney-General, seeking recognition for some political deviants as duly elected local government executives,” the party said.

The APC further revealed that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) had also warned against the local government elections, citing unfavorable security reports. However, Governor Adeleke reportedly ignored the warning.

The party accused the PDP-led government of “shopping for a pliable judge” to overturn the Court of Appeal’s ruling.

“To rationalize and legitimize its brazen disregard for the Court of Appeal judgment, the Osun State Government went shopping for a pliable judge in a State High Court to upturn the decision of a superior court. It is unheard of that a judgment-debtor would approach a lower court to seek redress against a superior court’s ruling,” the APC stated.

The opposition urged the AGF, Accountant-General, and CBN Governor to discard nike ja 1 scratch the letter from the Osun State Government, branding it as a product of a “needless and illegitimate election.”

The APC also accused Adeleke of instigating violence, particularly in Irewole Local Government, where some PDP members allegedly killed Hon. Remi Abass, a former APC chairman.

“Rather than seeking to poach power through the back door, Governor Adeleke should focus on helping law enforcement agencies fish out PDP chieftains involved in the murder of our party leader in Irewole,” the party added.

The APC maintained that the only legally recognized local government executives in Osun were those reinstated by the Court of Appeal, urging Adeleke to respect the rule of law instead air jordan 1 low og florida gators pe of seeking control over local government finances.