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Osun to refund N84bn to reinstated APC chairmen, FG tells Supreme Court

The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to order the Osun State Government to refund the 8 month allocations due to the 30 local governments in the state which the Adeleke government collected from July 2024 to February 2025.

The FG stated this in an affidavit deposed to by the Special Assistant to the President, Taiye Hussain Oloyede in response to Suit No: SC/CV/379/2025 by the Osun State Government against the Federal Government.

According to the Federal Government, "the only way to vindicate the authority of the Supreme Court is to order the plaintiff ( Osun State Government) to pay back to the Minister of Finance all the money due to the local governments of Osun which the plaintiff claimed it had collected from July 2024 to February 2025. The Minister of Finance will then pay the money to the owners of same ( the local governments of Osun State."

A check at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federal indicated that from July 2024 and February, 2025, N84 billion was disbursed to the 30 local governments of Osun State, the money which the state government cornered and appropriated without legal authority.

A further check showed that in July and August 2024, N9.7bn and N8.8bn were paid respectively. In September, N9.4bn was paid while N10.5bn was disbursed for the month of October.

However, in November, the net allocation went up to N11.5bn while in December, N10.3bn was paid. For the months of January and February 2025, N12.2bn and N12bn were paid in that order.

The FG explained that only those elected in the local election conducted by the immediate past government of Osun State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress that are in charge of the affairs of the local government and only banks account details supplied by them to the office of the Minister of Finance could be recognized for the direct receipt of the LG's monthly allocation.

The FG argued that the Court of Appeal in February 2025 legalized the local government election conducted under the administration of ex-Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and only the officials produced by the election are legally mandated to appropriate the monthly allocation due to the local governments in the state.

The FG clarified that the Supreme Court judgement of 11th July, 2024 has made it illegal for a state government or its governor or other agencies to keep, control, manage, or disburse in any manner allocations from the Federal Account to Local Governments.

Adeleke is in deep mess.

press9jatv:
Adeleke is in deep mess.

Johnnyessence rest. No food for you in Adeleke government.

ActressAbimbola:
Johnnyessence rest. No food for you in Adeleke government.

keep trolling me. Let me breathe. Adeleke is a goner

How will Adeleke refund money he has eaten? Na to decamp to APC go solve this matter. 😂😂😂 The man self is not a good person, just another lawless thief.

press9jatv:
Adeleke is in deep mess.

Really deep mess. The bolded is why I laugh when ignorant Nigerians shout Tinubu up and down myopically.

A check at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federal indicated that from July 2024 and February, 2025, N84 billion was disbursed to the 30 local governments of Osun State, the money which the state government cornered and appropriated without legal authority.

ActressAbimbola:
Johnnyessence rest. No food for you in Adeleke government.

.... Is dat why he is ranting.

SocialJustice:
How will Adeleke refund money he has eaten? Na to decamp to APC go solve this matter. 😂😂😂 The man self is not a good person, just another lawless thief.

His sort is the reason development never gets to the grassroots. Governors are the main problem of Nigeria because they have supreme executive power above all others at State level.

chiiraq802:
.... Is dat why he is ranting.

He campaigned for Adeleke before the election, and kept dishing out propaganda in favor of Adeleke. When he wasn't invited to the dining table, started insulting the hell out of Adeleke. He creats anti Adeleke threads From morning till night everyday.

I love the way Tinubu is running his government. He waited for the court decision to go in favour of the sacked local government chairmen before he went for the kill.

This will send a warning to the governors that the days of sacking LG chairman unjustly is gone. I hope the governor of Edo state is watching

Where u want him to c that kind of money?? Don't turn Osun upside down

muyico:
Where u want him to c that kind of money?? Don't turn Osun upside down

He can settle out of court. Let him negotiate with the FG

muyico:
Where u want him to c that kind of money?? Don't turn Osun upside down

What do you mean? That is money owed to 30 local government areas of Osun for several months. Are you supporting blatant gbajue stealing?

Some governors don’t just think… Nah that illetrate governor in Edo state remain

Ikaeniyan0:
I love the way Tinubu is running his government. He waited for the court decision to go in favour of the sacked local government chairmen before he went for the kill.

This will send a warning to the governors that the days of sacking LG chairman unjustly is gone. I hope the governor of Edo state is watching

Tinubu may want to make a scapegoat of Adeleke as an example of how Governors deliberately undermine the effort of the FG to get development to the local Government areas.

Very obvious now why the Adeleke's were sniffing around Tinubu shamelessly recently.

ActressAbimbola:
Johnnyessence rest. No food for you in Adeleke government.

ActressAbimbola:
He campaigned for Adeleke before the election, and kept dishing out propaganda in favor of Adeleke. When he wasn't invited to the dining table, started insulting the hell out of Adeleke. He creats anti Adeleke threads From morning till night everyday.

no wonder , me I even think say Adeleke collect his wife

This one just dey run up and down carrying Adeleke matter for head like Galla

E good make person get work o

Ade dancer why now.

WizardOfNG:
Really deep mess. The bolded is why I laugh when ignorant Nigerians shout Tinubu up and down myopically.

seriously oooo

Moroccoguy:
Ade dancer why now.

that money must be return

Kai !! Burna Boy will be rolling on the floor laughing at Davido right now. He might even do remix of bundle by bundle and use the Adeleke name before "onigbese" 😅😆

Are you jonzing? Are you jonzing? (Adeleke)
Onigbese
Gudugudu, meje, meje
I chop akara when mọin-mọin no dey
As long as e full my belle, me I'm okay
Vanity, everything na vanity
As I see say money dey
Vanity full my head

press9jatv:
that money must be return

Indeed. Unfortunately, he is covered by imunity from prosecution while in office so recovering the money is the only option for now.

WizardOfNG:
Indeed. Unfortunately, he is covered by imunity from prosecution while in office so recovering the money is the only option for now.

seriously immunity covers him ooo. August 8th, 2026 governorship election will stop the embezzlement

Moroccoguy:
Ade dancer why now.

This is why local government chairmen have complained bitterly for decades and lobbied several President to stop Governors hijacking their allocation which then makes it impossible for them to deliver insfrastructure and services for people in their LGA.

press9jatv:
seriously immunity covers him ooo. August 8th, 2026 governorship election will stop the embezzlement

He should be tossed out asap after the election. This is not even inflated contract or siphoned State loan. It is allocation meant for use by LG chairmen to deploy on tackling the issues of their LGA.

Very wicked embezzlement. 80 billion naira over £40 million pounds sterling loun loun 🫣🫣😲😲

WizardOfNG:
He should be tossed out asap after the election. This is not even inflated contract or siphoned State loan. It is allocation meant for use by LG chairmen to deploy on tackling the issues of their LGA.

Very wicked embezzlement. 80 billion naira over £40 million pounds sterling loun loun 🫣🫣😲😲

yes sooo

press9jatv:
keep trolling me. Let me breathe. Adeleke is a goner

stop bragging about tomorrow you may die before then

Ezmans:
stop bragging about tomorrow you may die before then

same way you too. Everyone on heart are mortal being

This days supreme court judgements come in the night on Sundays.... Fidelity bank comes to mind...

And before this judgements.. the party involved usually visit tinubu in person... Then same night supreme court will rule... Who else is see this trend..?

But surprisingly, the supreme court usually go against tinubu's visitors...