APC Tackles Osun Governor Adeleke, Says Court Ruling On ‘Reinstated Council Chairmen’ Is Binding
The party called on Osun State residents to be wary of the “desperation of the pretenders to impose themselves forcefully” on them.
The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to respect the sanctity of the Court of Appeal judgment of the February 10, 2025 which the party said reinstated the local government council chairmen and councillors earlier sacked.
The APC stated this in a release on Thursday obtained by SaharaReporters, and signed by the Osun State APC Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi.
The party called on Osun State residents to be wary of the “desperation of the pretenders to impose themselves forcefully” on them.
Quoting the court judgement, Olabisi said, “And the judgment of the Federal High Court, in Suit No. FHC/OS/CS/94/2022 which nullified the said election, the 1st Appellant in the aforesaid appeal is the same Appellant/Applicant in the instant application under consideration, I draw attention to this fact in order to show that the 3rd Appellant/Applicant who was pursuing the sister appeal based on the same fact and similar judgment of the same judex – Ayo Emmanuel J, cannot claim ignorance for not compiling the record of appeal or have any credible reason for abandoning the pursuit of this appeal that was dismissed on 13th January, 2025, the sudden attempt to resurrect this appeal into the decision of this court in the sister appeal will only lead to confusion and this court will resist such attempt to lure it to unwittingly sit on appeal or review its decision in Appeal No: CA/AK/270/2022.”
The APC noted that “Hon. Justice Ayo Omoleye JCA adopts same as His at paragraphs 1 and 2 of page 57 of the same judgment. Hon. Justice Shagari JCA too adopts same as His judgment at paragraphs 1 and 2 of page 61 of the same judgment.
“Contribution of Hon. Justice Omoleye JCA on validity of the make-belief of 22nd February, 2025 being painted as elections, aside not being the issue before the Court of Appeal in Appeal No. CA/AK/15/2025 is what is best called obiter not forming part of the ruling.
“There is nowhere when the validity of ruse called elections of 22nd February, 2025 was ever tested before any trial court so as to give the Appeal Court power to pronounce on it.
“The Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022 was never dismissed and the Court itself took judicial notice of that when it refused to relist the sister appeal on the reason that such may cause a confusion or lead the Court of Appeal to review its decision or sit appeal on it in 13th June 2025 ruling. This forms part of what Hon. Justices Omoleye and Shagari adopted as their own ruling too.
“Let no one mislead the members of the public as February 10th 2025 judgment stands and has been reaffirmed on 13th June 2025 ruling.
“We are using this forum to further caution the PDP politician-lawyers who have been reading and interpreting to the unsuspecting members of the public what they know does not stand in the ruling so as to prevent needlessly inciting the members of the public into avoidable crises.
“It is instructive to know that the Court of Appeal judgment of 10th February, 2025 can only be reviewed or altered by the Supreme Court and no such process was ever put on the way.
“Little wonders the Court of Appeal taking judicial notice of their earlier decision insisted that they would not relist the APP judgment to avoid confusion or review of the decision among others.
“Whoever that parades such misleading information to the effect that the make-belief election purportedly said to have been held on 12th February, 2025 must also be able to show where such is contained in the led judgment by Hon. Justice Peter Obiora.”
