The controversy surrounding Local Government
administration and the frosty relationship between the third local and state
government, has again received legal attention, as the Court of Appeal sitting
in Akure, reinstated the elected local government chairmen and councillors
sacked by the Osun in State Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The court in a judgment, ordered the immediate
resumption of the council officials who were elected on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
It will be recalled that Mr. Adeleke had on assumption
of office in November 2022, sacked the elected local government officials after
a High Court decision had earlier upturned their election.
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, and other political parties had approached the High Court then to
challenge the conduct of the council elections.
They argued and prayed the court to declare the
election as a nullity because it was a one-sided election that had only the APC
candidates as contestants.
But the Appeal Court disagreed and has upheld the
appeal filed by the elected local government officials.
The Court unanimously reinstated all the elected Local
Government Chairmen and Councilors who were wrongly sacked by Governor Ademola
Adeleke, and ordered their immediate resumption of office.
Meanwhile, the Osun State Independent Electoral
Commission (OSSIEC), has filed an appeal against the Appeal Court judgement.
The government also, filed an application for stay of
execution, pending hearing of the appeal
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