The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of misrepresenting facts surrounding local government administration and federal allocations in the state.
Osun APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal while addressing journalists on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat in Osogbo, said the governor’s recent statewide broadcast presented a distorted narrative of the legal status of local government councils and their officials.
According to him, Adeleke wrongly described APC chairmen and councillors as illegal occupants of council secretariats, insisting that their return followed valid court decisions.
He said, “The reinstated officials resumed duties on the strength of subsisting judicial pronouncements.”
Lawal further said the judgment of “the Court of Appeal delivered on February 10, 2025, nullified the process through which the officials were earlier removed, stressing that the ruling remained binding and had not been overturned.”
On the question of local government allocations, Lawal who dismissed claims that the Federal Government was withholding funds meant for Osun councils, argued that ongoing litigations initiated by the state government and its allies were responsible for delays.
“There are multiple court actions, including suits involving commercial banks, aimed at stopping the release of funds to elected council officials. Such cases, not federal interference, stalled disbursements,” he said.
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