• Commends Appeal Court’s verdict

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo

Osun State Government has commended the Court of Appeal for denying the All Progressives Congress (APC) the opportunity to relist the case on the Local Government matter in the state, saying that the imbroglio over the crisis has now been settled.

Reacting to the judgment delivered in Akure on Friday, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, declared that the Court of Appeal judgment reaffirmed that the local government election conducted by Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) in 2022 under the administration of Mr Gboyega Oyetola was unconstitutional, null and void.

Alimi maintained that, with the refusal of the appeal court to relist the case of APC, it shows that the judgement of the Federal High Court in suit No FHC/OS/CS//94/2022  which sacked the Osun APC Yes/No Chairmen and Councilors still subsists and binding on all those Chairmen and Councilors.

“To God be the glory that the political brigandage of APC under the leadership of Alh. Gboyega Oyetola, current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy has been legally destroyed.

“It is therefore, quite unfortunate that the pronouncement of the Court has never been ambiguous in all the cases before the court, to the extent that, there has never been any judgment that reinstated the Yes/No Chairmen in the first instance.

“The APC led by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola inflicted on the people of Osun state (the most peaceful state in Nigeria) the unwarranted, unprovoked and unnecessary political crisis leading to loss of many lives and properties in the state.

“We therefore, call on Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola and Osun APC to apologize to the good people of Osun state for the unwarranted and unnecessary chaos which they inflicted on the people of Osun state for the period it lasted.

“We use this opportunity to appreciate and thank the Judiciary for their courage and steadfastness in standing by the truth, justice and rule of law,” Alimi said.

On whether the chairmen and councilors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will resume to the council, Alimi said the government will wait for the certified true copy of the judgment and write the concerened stakeholders before they withdraw all the suits before the court.