Court Restrains UBA From Paying Out Osun LG Allocations

An Oyo State High Court connected Friday, 26 September, 2025, restrained the United Bank for Africa (UBA) from paying retired immoderate wealth from accounts opened successful the names of the 30 Local Governments successful Osun State by the court-sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Chairmen and councillors.

The Federal Government had connected Friday released the seized allocations of each of the 30 section governments into the arguable caller accounts, a determination the authorities authorities took to tribunal successful suit fig 1/1149/25.

The lawsuit which was heard ex-parte connected Friday by Justice A.L. Akintola of Court 5, had the Attorney-General of Osun State arsenic the claimant portion the UBA was the sole defendant.

The plaintiff sought the pursuing orders: “An Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Defendant/Respondent from paying and/or causing to beryllium paid each and/or immoderate of that funds which represent the statutory Local Government funds of each the 30 Local Governments successful Osun State arsenic listed nether Osun State successful the 1st Schedule, Part 1 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria pending the proceeding and determination of the Motion connected Notice for an bid of interlocutory injunction filed successful this case.

“An Order of Interim Injunction of this Honourable Court mandating the Defendant/Respondent not to merchandise each the said funds mentioned successful alleviation 1 supra and/or immoderate portion of it to immoderate idiosyncratic nevertheless helium whitethorn be, beryllium it artificial oregon earthy pending the proceeding and determination of the Motion connected Notice for an bid of interlocutory injunction filed successful this case.

“And for specified further bid oregon different orders arsenic this. Honourable tribunal whitethorn deem acceptable to marque successful the circumstance.”

Ruling connected the ex-parte question deposed to by Olufemi Akande Ogundun and argued by A.A. Abass Esq, counsel for the applicants, Justice Akintola,

held “this tribunal is satisfied that the claimants/applicants person successfully made retired a lawsuit for the urgent involution of this tribunal astatine this signifier arsenic immoderate hold whitethorn foist connected the claimants/applicants an irreversible harm, wounded oregon concern of helplessness.

“In immoderate event, it is lone an interim bid that the defendant/respondent volition person the accidental to perchance situation erstwhile the suspect turns up to articulation issues with the claimants connected the question connected announcement for an bid of interlocutory injunction already filed successful this case.

“Accordingly, the interim orders of injunction sought are hereby granted arsenic prayed, connected the claimants/applicants.”

The tribunal past fixed October 3 for proceeding connected the question connected announcement for the bid of interlocutory injunction already filed successful the case.

In a covering missive conveying the tribunal ruling dated 26 September, 2025, the pb counsel to the Osun State government, Mr Musibau Adetunbi, SAN, informed the slope of its work to obey the tribunal order.

The missive was addressed to the caput bureau of the slope successful Lagos arsenic good arsenic its subdivision successful Osogbo, the authorities capital.

“Kindly beryllium informed that each applicable processes person been duly served connected your slope and your Legal Department has arsenic been notified of the Order. However, retired of abundance of caution, we judge that you are 1 of the authorities of the Bank that we should notify.

“The essence of this missive is conscionable to punctual you of your work to comply with the above-stated order, truthful agelong arsenic it subsists, and which evidently was made pending the proceeding of Motion connected Notice.

“Kindly enactment that the supra bid covers immoderate statutory outgo made to your slope for the payment of the 30 Local Governments successful Osun State,” the letter read.