₦airaland Forum

press9jatv:
most of the thugs have been arrested, anyone that show up again will be pick. No form of kangaroo election 🗳 in this Saturday. Apc has take over the whole lg secretariats in Osun State

iwaeda:
They want to join Remi, have they appealed, judgement obtained by APP. These people shouldn't cause wahala, that will not allowed me to pass Ikirun, on my way to Kwara.

iwaeda:
APC is demonic, shedding blood, grab, kill and run with it.

maasoap:
Why should they stay away from the LG Secretariat? So that PDP thugs don't continue killing them and PDP will be free to conduct its unlawful kangaroo election?
I would say that they shouldn't make it easy for you guys because that's what you want

maasoap:
That's it, they want to intimidate people so that they can have it their way easily. APC shouldn't make it easy for them, they need to be made to be scared.

iwaeda:
APC is demonic, shedding blood, grab, kill and run with it.

maasoap:
I hope you know what the killing of that man mean for PDP members and their thugs in Osun state. It is like they just gave APC govt the needed excuse to pursue them into their various holes. You don't understand what that killing means for PDP, PDP stakeholders do
I hope you know that govs in Nigeria are not that powerful

press9jatv:
😂 funny brother. No form of kangaroo lg on Saturday. You will hear much news today and tomorrow from Adeleke government. As it stands today, Apc lg chairmen and councilors have taken over the 30 lg secretariats in Osun State.

fergie001:
Na to invade LG?
They want violence, they want State of Emergency.

Come out on Saturday ooo or they will announce their already written results, na who dem pay be LG Chairman ooooo, ask Fubara.

You know there is no judgement reinstating them, you also know there is another Appeal Court judgement also sacking them but you dey vex for Ademola

Akpakomiza2:
Let them allow supreme court to settle it

press9jatv:
they will hold it in your compound. Funny brother

press9jatv:
election will hold in your father’s compound Abi. 😂

At the end Of the Day

The AGF said It is illegal for Anyone to Conduct Local Government election in Osun this Saturday 🤣

fergie001:
They know what they are doing

They went to Court to stop the LG elections, including the late Aderemi Abass, the Court fined all of them the sum of N200000 and also their lawyer N1m for unprofessional conduct. (See image)

Now, they want to use FORCE

seunmsg:
You promised to post the full CTC of the judgement, we are still waiting.

By the way, if the APC council chairmen eventually regains their seats, the Saturday election will be a nullity based on the precedent from Peter Obi’s Supreme Court victory in 2007. The Chairmen must complete their tenure of office before they can be kicked out.

engineerboat:
Election will hold, are You going to tell the people not to go and vote.

J.essence what really happened, just for the asking, what changed?

engineerboat:
I'm surprised why they are trying not to go into discussion about APP judgement maybe because they are trying to re-enter the Appeal

engineerboat:
APC should go to Supreme Court

APC still have APP case hanging on their neck and it's a fishbone on their neck hence their effort to re-enter the APP Appeal

press9jatv:
election will never hold. Na kangaroo election that will never stand.
BREAKING: FG Asks Adeleke To Halt Osun LG Election, Says Court Has Reinstated APC Chairmen

The Federal Government has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to suspend the Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday.

Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), stated this while commenting on the ongoing crisis in the state.

In a statement issued late Thursday, Fagbemi said the position of the law was clear on the development creating friction between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Daily Trust had reported how some persons, including a former council chairman, were killed while many sustained injuries in the clash that ensued over the attempt to take control of Local Government secretariats.

The Osun state government had blamed the crisis on the APC and former governor Gboyega Oyetola, now Minister of Marine and Blue Economy.

Adeleke had vowed that nothing would stop Saturday’s election from holding, urging the people to turn out en masse.

But in his statement on Thursday, Fagbemi said the order which the governor relied on to sack the local govrnment chairmen elected under the administration had been nullified by the court.

“My attention has been drawn to the PUBLIC OUTCRY OF Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke concerning the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure division delivered on 10th day of February, 2025 in Appeal No CA/AK/272/2022 which nullified and set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State, delivered on 25th day of November, 2022.”

“It has become necessary to issue this public notice to remove doubts, fears and uncertainties created by misrepresentations and disinformation concerning the legal effect of the judgement of the Court of Appeal.

“Putting matters in proper context, the event that led to the two judgements was that during the currency of the term of the former Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, election was held into all the local governments of Osun State and winners were sworn in.

“However, a few days before the swearing in of Governor Adeleke, the Federal High Court Osogbo delivered the judgement referred to above in which it nullified the election of the Local Government elected officials and removed them from office. As soon as Governor Adeleke assumed office a few days after the judgement, he issued executive order for the physical removal of the elected officials and replaced them with caretaker appointees.

“Meanwhile, the APC that was a party in the Federal High Court case referred to above appealed against the judgement. The Court of Appeal eventually, on 10th day of February, 2025 delivered its judgement in the appeal filed by APC against the judgement of the Federal High Court. The Court of Appeal not only allowed the appeal, it also held affirmatively that the suit that resulted in the judgement of the Federal High Court referred to above was incompetent and consequently made an order striking out the suit.

“Accordingly, the judgement of the Court of Appeal had by implication effectively restored the elected Local Government officials removed by the Federal High Court, back to their offices.

“According to the facts made available to my office, it was the attempt by the said elected officials to resume back in their positions that was resisted by some disgruntled elements which led to the crisis. His Excellency, the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke is no doubt aware of this scenario and ought, as a leader to have called the disgruntled elements to order in accordance with his Oath of Office to maintain law and order in Osun State.

” Notwithstanding the judgment of the Court of Appeal referenced above, which in effect means that the term of office of the elected officials has regained currency and will naturally run out in October, 2025, His Excellency has insisted that a new Local Government election shall be held on Saturday, 22nd February, 2025. Any such election that may be held will not only be invalid since the term of office of the elected officials just restored by the judgement of the Court of Appeal will still be running until October 2025, it will also amount to an egregious breach of the Constitution which Governor Adeleke has sworn to uphold. Again, the recent judgement of the Supreme Court which has validated and entrenched Local Government autonomy also strengthens the obligation on Governor Adeleke to ensure smooth, non-violent transition from one elected officials to another in accordance with the statutorily prescribed 3 year tenure.

“It is, therefore, of utmost importance for Governor Adeleke to advice Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) to shelve the idea of proceeding with any Local Government Election now.

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-fg-asks-adeleke-to-halt-osun-lg-election-says-court-has-reinstated-apc-chairmen/

fergie001:
They are trying to re-enter the appeal but they know they will fail.

engineerboat:
Surely

Just look at how Fagbemi {Oyetola Lead counsel in 2022} and also for the APC turned himself to court, and ignore pending APP judgement

press9jatv:
yes soooo. As it’s today, Apc has take over the lg secretariats in Osun State.

Babangidapikin:
Student Union sef with paucity of funds would never conduct a Yes/No election(Only God knows how much was budgeted for the impromptu election), the reason they need to be a law in place to limit the Governors or President actions immediately after an election, so they don't take vegance on the system. Instead of them to help Mr President enhanced the living standard of Nigerian, they want to use Local Government Autonomy to misuse State funds with no recourse to the Governor ,

creating two captain in a ship and total breakdown of order in the state.

maasoap:
Excuse me, state money or LG money because you're confusing me?
Why would LG need the approval of the gov before they could spend their own money? Three levels of govt, federal system. It was never like this before until some govs got greedy and started diverting LG money. Now, no meaningful devpts at the lg level anymore. Are govs themselves not thieves, mega thieves? You shouldn't be advocating for this anymore


We have three levels of governments in Nigeria which means three ships, three captains

fergie001:
The APP judgement is not pending. The Appeal Court delivered judgement on 13/1/25.

This is one of the reasons many have proposed several Offices for the Attorney General of the Federation and then the Minister of Justice. He is showing muscle muscle because he is an interested Party, he should have gone to do that to Fubara nah.

After the election and inauguration, let him hold their funds nah

engineerboat:
I want to believe that Governor Adeleke will be bold enough to go ahead tomorrow which i believe he will.

Fubarah is also in touch with Him

fergie001:
https://www.nairaland.com/8348163/local-government-election-holds-tomorrow

Babangidapikin:
The same way Mr President seat and give directives to Governor on the Agenda of his Government is the same way the Governor should give directives on the Agenda of his Government to the local governments . . Like Gov Adeleke ensures his caretakers construct so so kilometers of roads from their budget, it doesn't mean he's controlling their money. But now the Local Government will just be using the money to do Owambe if no clear Agenda or goals moreso if it's all run by the opposition . Moreover it trickles down from the President. You can't tell me in all honesty that Infrastructure in the state have not improved, where I see two industry in fifteen years, now I see about five under less than two years .