Now that Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has decisively defeated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Munirudeen Oyebamiji, it is hoped that the federal government would release the withheld statutory allocations of the 30 local governments in the state.
According to recent data from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), the allocations have grown to the tune of over N250billion.
Following the February 2025 local government elections in the state, which were challenged by the ruling APC, the federal government withheld the statutory allocations meant for the 30 councils.
But the state government went to court to challenge the decision.
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, the Supreme Court declared that the seizure of the allocations amounted to “grave breach of the 1999 Constitution.”
