Omisore withdraws court case over APC governorship aspirant disqualification

The run organisation of erstwhile Osun State Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has confirmed that the ineligible enactment challenging the disqualification of respective governorship aspirants by the All Progressives Congress has been withdrawn.

In a connection released successful Osogbo connected Thursday, and signed by its Director General, Ajibola Famurewa, the organisation explained that the lawsuit was discontinued aft interventions from salient leaders of the ruling party.

The connection disclosed that the suit had earlier been filed astatine the Federal High Court successful Osogbo pursuing the disqualification of 7 retired of 8 aspirants by the party’s screening sheet up of the APC governorship superior successful Osun State.

According to the run organisation, “the ineligible action, marked FHC/OS/CS/261/2025 – Senator Iyiola Omisore v. APC & ANR, was instituted to trial the legality of the panel’s decision.”

Famurewa said “the suit questioned whether the enactment had the authorization to enforce conditions for qualification oregon disqualification of aspirants beyond those stipulated successful the Electoral Act 2022 and the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.”

The originating summons, dated December 9, 2025, had asked “the Federal High Court to find if the APC could lawfully disqualify Omisore contempt his alleged fulfilment of the law requirements to contention successful the governors...