The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Najeem Salaam, have separately rejected recent Federal High Court judgments affecting their political interests.
Both described the rulings as miscarriages of justice and vowed to pursue appeals.
The APC faulted a judgment delivered by the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo in a suit filed by reinstated local government chairmen and councillors elected in October 2022, while Salaam criticised a separate ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the deregistration of the ADC alongside some other political parties.
In a statement signed by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, the APC said the Osogbo court erred in dismissing the suit filed by the reinstated local government officials and ruling that the tenure of the elected officers ended in October 2025.
The party maintained that the judgment would be challenged at the Court of Appeal, saying: “The Federal High Court verdict is a miscarriage of justice, and we shall put the judgment to the test at the appropriate venue. The reinstated chairmen and councillors have already filed a notice of appeal alongside a motion for stay of execution.”
The party argued that no enforcement process should be commenced against the officials until the appeal has been finally determined and urged its members and supporters to remain calm and law-abiding while awaiting the outcome of the judicial process.
The APC also cautioned against actions capable of causing
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