Court adjourns hearing on Osun LG tenure crisis to November

By Shina Abubakar Osogbo

OSOGBO – A Federal High Court sitting successful Osogbo Osun State connected Monday adjourned proceeding successful a suit instituted by reinstated Chairmen and Councilors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking ineligible determination of their tenure of bureau till November 27, 2025.

The APC elected officials successful the suit numbered FHC/OS/CS/147/2025, besides challenged the validity of the Local Government Elections allegedly conducted successful February 2025 by the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke-led medication successful the state.

The suit which has Onibonokuta Saheed & 7 others has claimants against Attorney General of the Federation & 6 others arsenic defendants, the question among different reliefs whether they are entitled to 3 years successful bureau commencing from February, 2025 and whether the OSIEC could validly connected 22nd February, 2025 behaviour elections into the aforesaid offices during the subsistence of their tenure of office.

Recall that Osun Local Government Administration impasse has go taxable of nationalist statement and litigation since the reinstatement of the elected Chairmen and Councillors of the All Progressives Congress APC by the Court of Appeal successful February 10, 2025.

At the proceeding connected Monday, Barrister Muhydeen Adeoye, counsel for the claimants introduced a question for restraining the defendants from disturbing his clients successful bureau portion the substantive suit pends.

However, counsel for the Governor Ademola Adeleke & Commissioner for Justice (the 3rd and 4th Defendants), Barrister F. Labo-Popoola, Counsel for the 5th suspect (OSIEC), Barrister Rachael Ojomi and Counsel for the 6th Defendant, Barrister J.A Ayanyemi, argued that they were inactive wrong the clip to respond to the main summons.

Meanwhile the presiding judge, Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi, noted from the tribunal grounds that work is not yet complete, adding that the counsel should guarantee that the process is served connected each the parties earlier the adjacent day of adjournments.

Justice Demi-Ajayi, who had earlier assured expeditious determination of the case, adjourned the substance to November 27, 2025 for hearing.

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