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Breaking: Appeal Court Refuses APC's Relist Request, Upholds PDP-Elected Chairmen

**Contempt proceedings referred to the Lower Court

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has struck out a request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relist its appeal against the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the controversial September 2022 local government elections in Osun State. The elections had produced the so-called "Yes or No" APC chairmen, which were effectively nullified by the Federal High Court, with an attendant appeal by the APC dismissed by the Appeal Court.

In a firm ruling read by Justice Obiora upon the unanimous decision of the three Judges on Friday, the court also condemned the APC’s misrepresentation of its February 10, 2025, judgment. The court clarified that it never reinstated the sacked APC chairmen, warning the party against distorting the court’s decisions for political gain. The justices emphasised that the judiciary must not be treated as an extension of any political organisation.

"It is a case of violenti non fit injúria; they cannot complain of a self-inflicted injury. Equity aids the vigilant, and not the indolent," the Appeal Court held.

Justice Obiora further held that "If they knew their tenure is just three years, and they went to sleep over their Appeal against their sack for two years, it is inconceivable."

"There are three appellants with one joint Notice of Appeal, and only one party is making an application to relist. Even if that one party can come alone, what are the reasons for bringing this application? If the APC is sincere, as a party that has many candidates affected by the Appeal, one wonders why they went to sleep and failed to transmit records on time in accordance with the law and the rules of the court.

"I draw attention to this fact in order to show that the 3rd appellant applicant (APC) who was pursuing the sister appeal based on the same facts and similar judgement of the same Judex, Ayo Emmanuel J, cannot claim ignorance for not compiling the records of Appeal or have any credible reason for abandoning the prosecution of this Appeal that was dismissed on the 13th day of January, 2025. The sudden attempt to resurrect this appeal through this same court will only lead to confusion, and this Court will resist such an attempt to lure it to unwittingly seat on Appeal in CA/AK/270/2022. Everything in this application shows that the third appellant has not shown good cause why this application should be granted. The fate that has befallen them is self-inflicted. It is therefore my conclusion that this Appeal lacks merit and it is accordingly dismissed.

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Hope the partial/cherry picking AGF Fagbemi will comply with this ruling. He has gained the notoriety of choosing which court decisions to comply with.

Don't worry the supreme rogues will relist them. They are often known for strange judgements

The confusion that is gradually brewing in the APC will be mind blowing. The message will be clearer when the new comers will be vying for position with the old ones. The strange bedfellows will then separate irredeemably.

🤔Me waiting for them to get to the Supreme Court because I know they still won't accept that their magomago is some form insanity that shouldn't stand

Press9jaTV kilosele. APC can't win Osun again for now. Nlfpmod. .

Omoteyi:
Breaking: Appeal Court Refuses APC's Relist Request, Upholds PDP-Elected Chairmen

**Contempt proceedings referred to the Lower Court

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has struck out a request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relist its appeal against the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the controversial September 2022 local government elections in Osun State. The elections had produced the so-called "Yes or No" APC chairmen, which were effectively nullified by the Federal High Court, with an attendant appeal by the APC dismissed by the Appeal Court.

In a firm ruling read by Justice Obiora upon the unanimous decision of the three Judges on Friday, the court also condemned the APC’s misrepresentation of its February 10, 2025, judgment. The court clarified that it never reinstated the sacked APC chairmen, warning the party against distorting the court’s decisions for political gain. The justices emphasised that the judiciary must not be treated as an extension of any political organisation.

"It is a case of violenti non fit injúria; they cannot complain of a self-inflicted injury. Equity aids the vigilant, and not the indolent," the Appeal Court held.

Justice Obiora further held that "If they knew their tenure is just three years, and they went to sleep over their Appeal against their sack for two years, it is inconceivable."

"There are three appellants with one joint Notice of Appeal, and only one party is making an application to relist. Even if that one party can come alone, what are the reasons for bringing this application? If the APC is sincere, as a party that has many candidates affected by the Appeal, one wonders why they went to sleep and failed to transmit records on time in accordance with the law and the rules of the court.

"I draw attention to this fact in order to show that the 3rd appellant applicant (APC) who was pursuing the sister appeal based on the same facts and similar judgement of the same Judex, Ayo Emmanuel J, cannot claim ignorance for not compiling the records of Appeal or have any credible reason for abandoning the prosecution of this Appeal that was dismissed on the 13th day of January, 2025. The sudden attempt to resurrect this appeal through this same court will only lead to confusion, and this Court will resist such an attempt to lure it to unwittingly seat on Appeal in CA/AK/270/2022. Everything in this application shows that the third appellant has not shown good cause why this application should be granted. The fate that has befallen them is self-inflicted. It is therefore my conclusion that this Appeal lacks merit and it is accordingly dismissed.

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false news here. Not true at all. Admin shouldn't move this writeup to fp. This post here's false.

iwaeda:
Press9jaTV kilosele. APC can't win Osun again for now. Nlfpmod. .

it's false news. Not true at all. You can't see any online newspaper carrying this false news. Be guided

Say whatever you want — Reinstated APC Chairmen are still in charge of the local government in Osun State
Adeleke ti lo tefetefe
😳😳😳😳

Only the Supreme Court can sack the reinstated LG Chairmen in Osun

- Fagbemi

JUST IN:
Appeal court dismissed appeal court judgment

PDP data boys and their misfortune behaviour 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well, the Court has finished, refused relisting and didn't give the PDP anything. They gained nothing from this proceeding... they ought to have appealed the later-in-time judgement that reinstated the Chairmen

Adeleke and his sit at home Chairmen are goners

The level of bastardization of due process and judicial anarchy the APC has created is really baffling.

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press9jatv:
Well, the Court has finished, refused relisting and didn't give the PDP anything. They gained nothing from this proceeding... they ought to have appealed the later-in-time judgement that reinstated the Chairmen

Adeleke and his sit at home Chairmen are goners

I guess this is very difficult for you to comprehend

"The court clarified that it never reinstated the sacked APC chairmen, warning the party against distorting the court’s decisions for political gain. The justices emphasised that the judiciary must not be treated as an extension of any political organisation."

Ofunaofu:
I guess this is very difficult for you to comprehend

"The court clarified that it never reinstated the sacked APC chairmen, warning the party against distorting the court’s decisions for political gain. The justices emphasised that the judiciary must not be treated as an extension of any political organisation."

false here 🤣🤣🤣🤣. You better be enlightened here. Reinstated APC Chairmen remains the authentic lg Chairmen of Osun State.

Omoteyi:
Breaking: Appeal Court Refuses APC's Relist Request, Upholds PDP-Elected Chairmen

**Contempt proceedings referred to the Lower Court

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has struck out a request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relist its appeal against the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the controversial September 2022 local government elections in Osun State. The elections had produced the so-called "Yes or No" APC chairmen, which were effectively nullified by the Federal High Court, with an attendant appeal by the APC dismissed by the Appeal Court.

In a firm ruling read by Justice Obiora upon the unanimous decision of the three Judges on Friday, the court also condemned the APC’s misrepresentation of its February 10, 2025, judgment. The court clarified that it never reinstated the sacked APC chairmen, warning the party against distorting the court’s decisions for political gain. The justices emphasised that the judiciary must not be treated as an extension of any political organisation.

"It is a case of violenti non fit injúria; they cannot complain of a self-inflicted injury. Equity aids the vigilant, and not the indolent," the Appeal Court held.

Justice Obiora further held that "If they knew their tenure is just three years, and they went to sleep over their Appeal against their sack for two years, it is inconceivable."

"There are three appellants with one joint Notice of Appeal, and only one party is making an application to relist. Even if that one party can come alone, what are the reasons for bringing this application? If the APC is sincere, as a party that has many candidates affected by the Appeal, one wonders why they went to sleep and failed to transmit records on time in accordance with the law and the rules of the court.

"I draw attention to this fact in order to show that the 3rd appellant applicant (APC) who was pursuing the sister appeal based on the same facts and similar judgement of the same Judex, Ayo Emmanuel J, cannot claim ignorance for not compiling the records of Appeal or have any credible reason for abandoning the prosecution of this Appeal that was dismissed on the 13th day of January, 2025. The sudden attempt to resurrect this appeal through this same court will only lead to confusion, and this Court will resist such an attempt to lure it to unwittingly seat on Appeal in CA/AK/270/2022. Everything in this application shows that the third appellant has not shown good cause why this application should be granted. The fate that has befallen them is self-inflicted. It is therefore my conclusion that this Appeal lacks merit and it is accordingly dismissed.

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*On Today's Court of Appeal Decision on Osun LG Chairmen: The Facts vs. The Fiction.*

Following today's 13th June 2025 Court of Appeal decision regarding Osun LGs, there has been deliberate misinterpretation of what the Court actually decided. It is crucial to set the record straight about the legal implications of this ruling.

The Court of Appeal, per Obiorah JCA, unanimously refused APC's application to relist an appeal that had been previously dismissed. This decision was solely about relisting procedure and nothing more. Thus, contrary to mischievous interpretations circulating, today's judgment did not upset or overturn the Court of Appeal's decision of 10th February 2025, did not address the substantive matter of the LG Chairmen's reinstatement, and had no bearing whatsoever on the validity of the restored LG officials via the latter judgment of the same CA on 10/02/2025.

*The Court of Appeal's decision of 10th February 2025, which explicitly reinstated the Osun LG Chairmen by allowing the appellants' appeal, remains unappealed and sacrosanct. As a matter of established law, today's procedural ruling on relisting could not and did not touch the substance of that earlier decision. The reinstated LG Chairmen remain legitimate and retain their positions until a superior court specifically overrules the extant decision of 10th February 2025, and no such superior court decision exists.*

Those deliberately misrepresenting today's procedural ruling as somehow invalidating the February reinstatement are either legally ignorant or intentionally misleading the public. The law is clear, and the LG Chairmen's restoration stands firm.

Misbau Alamu Lateef, PhD
Akogun Odugbire Compound
Ifon, Orolu L.G
Osun State

The Court declined Relisting the Case. PDP gained nothing from the Case. The Judgement has no consequential effect on the current statuquo... Bye!

press9jatv:
false here 🤣🤣🤣🤣. You better be enlightened here. Reinstated APC Chairmen remains the authentic lg Chairmen of Osun State.

Reinstated solely by the 'charge-and-bail' lawyer, AGF Fagbemi.

Ofunaofu:
Reinstated solely by the 'charge-and-bail' lawyer, AGF Fagbemi.

😂 reinstated by the court of Appeal . As it stands today, Apc controls the lg secretariat's in Osun State presently since February

press9jatv:
😂 reinstated by the court of Appeal . As it stands today, Apc controls the lg secretariat's in Osun State presently since February

At least one thing is clear, the court said it never gave any order reinstating them

Babangidapikin:
At least one thing is clear, the court said it never gave any order reinstating them

still false news here. Not true at all. Appeal court sitting in Akure reaffirmed the ruling of Feb 10th judgment reinstating the APC lg Chairmen