APC appeals as court sacks Osun LG chairman

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has sacked the current set of executives and legislators running local government areas.

The council chairmen and councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the October 15, 2022, local government elections held at the twilight of the Adegboyega Oyetola administration, returned to office in February 2025 and have been running the council areas in the state since then.

Justice Adefunmilola A. Demi-Ajayi delivered the judgment in the suit No FHC/OS/CS/147/2025 filed by the chairmen and councillors, seeking elongation of their tenure on Monday.

But counsel for the sacked LG officers, Muhydeen Adeoye, during a chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday, said the claimants had filed an appeal against the judgment before the Court of Appeal, Akure Division.

The suit dismissed by the Federal High Court was instituted by Onibonokuta Saheed, Ayegbayo Gbolahan, Olayera Elugbaju, Adegbite Mufutau, Balogun Olanrewaju, Adeyemi Fatai, Isola Kamoli, and Adeyemi Elliot for themselves and on behalf of all other local government chairmen and councillors elected on October 15, 2022, in Osun State.