Members of the Osun State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday accused the Osun State Government of deliberately instigating crises over the control of local government councils in the state.
Addressing a press conference in Osogbo on behalf of the party, Barrister Adegoke Ogunsola alleged that the state government had misinterpreted a recent judgment of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, in a manner capable of causing public disorder.
Ogunsola said the suit, filed by reinstated APC chairmen and councillors on September 12, 2025, sought judicial interpretation of the commencement date of their tenure in office under relevant Osun State laws and noted that the court dismissed the case on June 15, 2026.
According to him, “the dismissal of the suit did not amount to validation of the local government elections allegedly conducted on February 22, 2025, as being claimed by the state government and its supporters.
“Sequel to the dismissal, the Osun State Government and its henchmen stormed the streets and began to foment avoidable crises by ascribing the dismissal of the suit to validation of the ruse being paraded as the outcome of local government elections purportedly held on February 22, 2025.”
The APC leaders further criticised Governor Ademola Adeleke’s request for police protection for individuals he described as elected local government officials, arguing that such a move was embarrassing and condemnable and could plunge the state into chaos.
Ogunsola disclosed that the Federal High
