The Osun State Government has written to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI Headquarters, Osogbo, seeking police protection for council chairmen elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 22, 2025, local government election, to enable them to resume office.
The state government also urged the police to remove council chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress who are currently administering the local government areas.
A copy of the letter dated June 18, 2026, titled “RE: Osun Local Government Affairs; Need to Provide Security for Elected Officials and Local Government Staff,” was obtained on Thursday.
It was signed by counsel for the state government and the local government areas, Oluwabusola Oluwaniyi, of Musibau Adetunbi (SAN) & Co.
The government drew the attention of the police to the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, delivered on June 15, 2026, by Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi, which dismissed the tenure elongation suit filed by APC-elected chairmen.
