Osun LGs: Fresh court judgment worsens crisis as parties seek police intervention

The governmental quality implicit the power of section authorities councils successful Osun State intensified on Thursday as the authorities authorities sought constabulary extortion for chairmen elected connected the level of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, portion the All Progressives Congress, APC, urged information agencies to forestall what it described arsenic an unlawful takeover of assembly secretariats.

The improvement followed the June 15, 2026 judgement of the Federal High Court successful Osogbo, which dismissed a suit filed by chairmen elected nether the APC successful the October 15, 2022 section authorities predetermination and rejected their petition for tenure elongation.

In a missive dated June 18, 2026 and addressed to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI Headquarters, Osogbo, counsel to the Osun State Government and the section authorities areas, Oluwabusola Oluwaniyi, requested constabulary extortion for officials elected successful the February 22, 2025 section authorities predetermination to alteration them to resume office.

The authorities besides urged the constabulary to region APC chairmen presently occupying assembly secretariats crossed the state, arguing that the Federal High Court had dismissed each the reliefs sought by the officials, including prayers to proceed successful bureau and requests restraining their removal.

According to the letter, Governor Ademola Adeleke directed securi...