Osun PDP, APC commerce accusations over judiciary, council management

The political panorama in Osun State was additional polarised on Wednesday because the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, issued opposing statements over the authorized standing of native authorities chairmen and the position of the judiciary within the dispute.

The Osun PDP accused the APC of blackmailing the judiciary in its makes an attempt to retain management over native authorities councils.

It alleged that the APC had been deceptive the general public relating to a current court docket judgment and warned that the unlawful occupation of the native authorities secretariats is coming to an finish.

In a press assertion signed by the PDP’s Director of Media and Publicity, Hezekiah Olabamiji, the social gathering claimed that the APC was misrepresenting court docket orders to maintain a story of reinstatement for its sacked council chairmen.

Olabamiji declared that, “The accusations from the APC are lies from the pit of hell. There is no such thing as a judgment reinstating the sacked chairmen, and the judgment of the Federal Excessive Court docket sacking them nonetheless stands.”

The PDP additionally referred to as on the judiciary to stay steadfast within the face of repeated blackmail from the opposition social gathering.

The Osun PDP reaffirmed its place, declaring its confidence within the judiciary’s independence and accusing the APC of desperation within the face of impending authorized defeat and suggesting that APC leaders within the state might face contempt fees.

Countering the PDP allegations, the Osun APC claimed that the state authorities had tried to mislead the judiciary by an ex-parte movement in search of to restrain federal establishments from releasing funds to the reinstated native authorities officers.

The APC in a press release by Kola Olabisi, its Director of Media and Info on Thursday argued that the court docket had not granted any of the reliefs sought by the Osun State Authorities, and had as a substitute ordered all events to take care of the established order till the matter is heard on June 4, 2025.

Olabisi stated, “The court docket sensing bait planted within the reliefs sought hurriedly shunned all of the reliefs. It’s clear that the PDP-led authorities is making an attempt a judicial coup.”

The APC offered particulars of the court docket proceedings, quoting the interim order, which directed that every one functions be served inside seven days and that the established order be preserved.

The social gathering accused the state authorities of making an attempt to acquire court docket orders behind needed events and insinuated that it was looking out for pliable judges to additional its trigger—an allegation the PDP had pre-emptively dismissed as defamatory and baseless.

Each events referenced the judgement of the Federal Excessive Court docket, with the PDP asserting it had invalidated the APC-led native authorities administration, and the APC claiming an earlier Attraction Court docket choice from 10 February 2025 affirmed the officers’ positions.

The APC said that no cheap particular person would like to see additional hardships positioned on the lots, insisting that the present authorized interpretations supported ongoing governance on the native stage.

The dispute over the management of native authorities councils in Osun has change into a flashpoint within the state’s political local weather, with each events counting on competing interpretations of court docket choices.