The Court of Appeals sitting in Akure has today 10th of February reinstated the elected local government chairmen and councillors sacked by Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The court judgment which ordered the immediate resumption of office of the council officials who are all members of the All Progressives Congress, APC came barely two weeks to Local Government Election in Osun State.
Meanwhile, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC has filed appealed the Appeal Court Judgement giving in favour of the sacked local government chairmen and councilors in Osun State with an application for stay of execution and injunction pending appeals
It could be recalled that on assumption of office in November, 2022, Governor Adeleke sacked the local government officials after a High Court decision had earlier upturned their election.
The High Court sacked the council officials after their election which was organised by OSSIEC.
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other political parties had approached the High Court and challenged the council elections.
They prayed the court to declare the election as a nullity because it was only the APC candidates who contested vacant positions and the options given to them was either a YES or NO.
