The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged the Adeleke-led administration to comply with a recent Judgment of the Court of Appeal and give protection to the reinstated council Chairmen and Councilors ahead of their resumption in the respective Local Government Headquarters.
The Party made this known at a press conference held in response to the Adeleke Administration’s accusations against the APC, about causing mayhem in the State on Monday.
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Speaking on behalf of the APC, the party chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, maintained that the Governor should rather comply with the Appeal Court Judgment reinstating the sacked Chairmen instead of seeking undue public sympathy.
“Rather than stoking crisis in the state, the most honorable thing for Governor Ademola Adeleke to do is to comply with the court order and give protection to the reinstated council Chairmen and Councilors.”
This is not the time to weave up sentiments and seek undue public sympathy as the matter is constitutional and unassailable. Laws are not built on sentiment but rather fact,” he added.
In his remarks, the State legal adviser of the APC, Goke Ogunsola, noted that the Appeal Court Judgment had overruled the High Court judgment of the Action Peoples Party, APP, saying the APP case is still a subject of litigation at the Appeal court.
“The APP judgment is a lower court decision, and what the Appeal Court decided on 13th January 2025 was the dismissal of a Notice of Appeal in the matter of want of prosecution not that the appeal was heard.”
“Immediately after, a motion to relist same was filed on 23rd January 2025, and the OSSIEC has been duly served. By and large, the judgment in the APP case is still subject to pending litigation at the Appeal court,” Ogunsola said.
In the same vein, a Chieftain of the APC and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Adebayo Adeleke (BANIK), charged the State’s chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in conjunction with the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, to work hand in hand with the new office holders and steer clear of politics as this will bring development to the grassroots.
Adeleke also assured that all sacked teachers and health workers by the Adeleke-led government would be re-employed as provision has been made for it in the new Local Government autonomy.