The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has rejected claims by the Peoples Democratic Party and a network of civil society organisations that its chairmen are illegally occupying local government council secretariats across the state.
The Network of Civil Society Groups, speaking through its convener, Stephen Olanrewaju, called on chairmen currently running council areas to vacate office immediately, alleging that their tenure ended on October 26, 2025.
The group accused the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force of giving protection to what it described as “illegal executives in Osun LGA” and demanded the immediate withdrawal of personnel providing security for the council chairmen.
Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday, Olanrewaju traced the crisis in Osun local governments since February 2025.
“In 2022, the Federal High Court nullified the purported local government elections conducted by the APC-led administration in Osun State and consequently sacked all APC chairmen and councillors purportedly elected from that exercise for failing to meet the required legal provisions,” he said.
He added, “This judgment was subsequently affirmed by the Court of Appeal in a judgment delivered by Justices Oyebisi Folayemi Omoleye, Peter Obiorah and Hadiza Rabiu Shagari on June 13th, 2025, thereby settling the issue of their lack of lawful mandate.
“Despite these clear judicial pronouncements, the sacked chairmen and councillors refused to obey the subsisting court orders, falsely claiming a non-existent reinstatement order.
Olanrewaju insisted that, “continued occupation of local government secretariats by tenure-expired and court-sacked officials is illegal and unconstitutional and is tantamount to political banditry,” and demanded that security personnel desist from enforcing lawlessness.
Aligning with the CSO, the Director of Media for the PDP in Osun State,Oladele Bamiji, said the APC chairmen “have no tenure of office and should not have been laying claim to any, if not for misuse of government power.”
