This is in a letter signed by the APC state Publicity Secretary, Alao Kamorudeen, dated February 17, and addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC.
A copy of the letter obtained today in Osogbo stated that the APC would not participate based on the February 10 Court of Appeal judgment which reinstated its chairmen and councilors.
The letter recalled the judgment of the Federal High Court in suit No. FHF/OS/CS/94/2022 which was meritoriously nullified on February 10 by the Court of Appeal in Akure, in appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022 between APC and 3 others v. the Peoples Democratic Party and others.
APC in the letter stated that the elected officers have resumed offices as allowed by the Appeal Court by the judgment. They added that the implication of the Court of Appeal judgment is that the seats are no longer vacant.
Given the foregoing, the party stated that APC and all its candidates have by the letter informed the commission that we are withdrawing from the local government election.
Rédíò Afínjú reported that there had been crisis between APC and PDP over the Court of Appeal judgment in respect of the sacked APC council chairmen and councillors.
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While the PDP claimed that the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure, did not reinstate the sacked APC chairmen and councillors elected in 2022, the APC insisted on their return to local government secretariats.
The crisis, however, erupted on Monday when both parties were laying claim to local government secretariats across the state, with the Police confirming that six persons lost their lives and few injured during the crisis.