Tension in Osun as PDP LG chairmen reclaim councils after court ruling

Tension has gripped parts of Osun State as chairmen and councilors elected on the PDP platform resumed duties in several local government secretariats on Friday.

The resumption followed a Federal High Court judgment that, according to the Osun State Governor's Deputy Spokesperson Oladele Bamiji, affirmed the tenure of the current local government chairmen. PDP chairmen reportedly resumed in Ede North, Ede South, Iwo, Boripe, and Ila local government areas.

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They (PDP) are the legal chairmen, and they ought to be in the local government anyway, but for the backing of the immediate past Inspector General of Police and the abnormal situation we have in Osun State with the commissioner of police, APC has no business in the council.

However, the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, comprising chairmen elected on the APC platform, accused the PDP chairmen of attempting a forceful takeover. Adegoke Ogunsola, representing the APC chairmen, stated they had filed an application for a stay of execution of the judgment, which had been served on the respondents.

Bamiji countered that the PDP chairmen are the legally recognized administrators, asserting that the APC has no basis for their claims. He noted minimal resistance during the PDP chairmen's resumption, suggesting the APC was merely "grandstanding."

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The APC chairmen had filed an application for a stay of execution of the judgment and that the process had been duly served on the respondents.