Osun LG Crisis: We’re Ready For Saturday Elections, APP Declares
- Insists A’Court Judgement Dismissing APC’s Appeal Subsists,
The Osun State Chapter of the Action Peoples Party (APP) has declared as illegal the resumption to duty of the ousted council chairmen and councillors of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The party, which tagged those involved as looters and imposters, also urged security operatives to immediately arrest and prosecute anyone involved in such an illegal and unconstitutional act.
Reacting to the news of the takeover of the local government councils by chairmen and councillors on Wednesday, the State Chairman of the APP, Mr. Odesola Titus, dismissed the legality of such acts saying this is against the rule of law and the constitution of Nigeria.
Mr. Odesola specifically stated that the APP is in possession of a valid court judgement, in a suit filed against the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), which was delivered on November 30th, 2022 at the Federal High Court, Osogbo, in favour of the party.
He recalled that the APP had challenged the 2022 election on the ground of non compliance with the 2022 electoral act as well as OSSIEC guidelines with respect to the notice of election given by the commission.
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“Anyone calling themselves elected chairmen or councillors in Osun State today is an impostor. By virtue of the favorable judgement that nullified the October 2022 LG election, the seats of Chairmen and Councillors across Osun State are deemed vacant. More so, that those who appealed the judgement abandoned it and the Court of Appeal subsequently dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution.
“So those that went to the council today are looters and we as a party strongly condemn in strong terms such illegal actions. We hereby call on security agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute these impostors.” He added
On the claims by the APC Chairmen and Councillors that the Court of Appeal had upturned the decision of the Federal High Court and as such, they are to return to office, Mr. Odesola said:
“This is a misunderstanding of judicial procedure and rule of law. Our case against OSSIEC and by extension the conduct of the 2022 local government election and that of the PDP is two different cases.
While we are aware that the Appeal court upturned the PDP case, we are also aware of the implication of the abandonment and subsequent dismissal of APC appeal against our favorable judgement.”
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