this Osen State The government claims it has been confirmed after releasing a certified true copy of the judgment on the elections in the state’s local government district.
Naija News Tensions escalated on Tuesday after the National Progressive Conference (APC) elected presidents of local governments after the Appeal Court ruled to resume them, the report said.
Controversial local government elections are held in 2022 in the last days of former governor Great body growthAdministration of voting systems using “yes or no”.
The Federal High Court subsequently invalidated, Governor General Adecola Adeloke Remove the chair.
However, in a statement Friday, Information and Public Enlightenment Commissioner Oluomo Kolapo Alimi revealed that the Court of Appeal’s judgment did not contain any recovery orders.
The Government noted that the CTC made it clear that the Court of Appeal did not treat the case, but only dealt with the preliminary questions of whether the initiating process proposed by the PDP is capable or otherwise, which is only technical.
The government also thanked President Bra Ahmed Tinob and security agents for upholding the rule of law.
Statement reading, “Remember, the Court of Appeal filed an appeal against APC on Monday, February 10, ruling the decision of the Federal High Court between PDP and Ossiec and others. One should also remember that, immediately after the judgment was made, the APC made the decision. For publicity, the judgment made by the Court of Appeal has restored their yes/no local government chairs and returned to the local government council. Remember, the government was very quick to uncover the false claims of APC in the judgment.
“Yesterday, a certified true copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment was released, and the CTC made it clear that the Court of Appeal did not treat the case with the merits, which would make the judgment obtained by the application, which was equally invalid. /No elections for local governments, but only It deals with the preliminary question of whether the initiator proposed by PDP is capable or other aspects, which is only technical.
“The Court of Appeal therefore found that the initiation proceedings proposed by the PDP were incompetent and were hit with the lawsuit: FHC/OS/CS/94/2022. To avoid doubt, the Court of Appeal’s prayer in the Court of Appeal was as follows:
“Remedies sought from the Court of Appeal
(a) Order to allow this appeal.
(b) Revoke the ruling made by the lower court on 15 September 2022 and dismissed the motion of the 1st defendant, which was filed on 29 August 2022 (but filed on 2 September 2022).
(c) Order granting the appellant to approve the motion in a notice of 28 October 2022 to dismiss the lawsuit.
(d) Shelving the order and canceling the judgment of the lower court on November 25, 2022.
(e) Order Article 16 of the Court of Appeal Act to determine the action of the first defendant under the original subpoena of 27 July 2022.
(f) Order for dismissal litigation number: FHC/OS/CS/94/2022.
(g) Order to restore the appellant to his office, which has been formally elected by citizens of Osun State.
(h) In this case of appeal, the honorary court may file a naming or other order.
“From the CTC of the Court of Appeal’s judgment, the Court held that:
“In this case; by resolving the two problems that the appellant favors the resolution of the appellant, this appeal is therefore meritorious and therefore permitted. The modified original summons are ignored here. Therefore, it is suitable for NO : FHC/OS/CS/94/2022 BE and hereby deleted.
The appellant’s fee to the first defendant is #250,000:00.
“From the two excerpts above, it is obvious that only prayers A, B, C and D are obtained, while the Court of Appeal rejected other prayers, including prayers G, who prayed specifically for the court to restore their original state.
“The position of the present thing related to today is related to the yes/no chair of local government of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola is the judgment of litigation NO: FHC/CS/OS/, which was made equally invalid on October 15th. Government elections., 2022, in any case, the current ruling of the Court of Appeal is based on preliminary questions, mainly on technicality, not on the substance of the case, which does not invalidate it.
“Remember, Governor Ademola Adeleke defeated former Governor Oyetola after the general election held in Oyesen on July 16, 2022. The then former Governor was the first to be the first to be held in Oyetola. Adegboyega Oyetola’s Ossiec so far has refused to conduct local government elections for nearly three and a half years of government, but has appointed his stooges to send to various local governments, As the caretaker chair, they rushed to a busy man. The election of various local governments, pouring his stoges into the local government in the name of elections.
“For this reason, no notice was given for the request to conduct such elections, so all parties decided to boycott the election. However, the two parties PDP and APP respectively turned to the Federal High Court for help, and they used Ossiec and APC, etc. as parties to the litigation. square.
“However, the two cases were not merged, and the Federal High Court ruled the judgment separately through Judge Emmanuel of the Federal High Court.
“The judgment of the lawsuit filed by the PDP was made on November 25, 2022, while the judgment of the lawsuit filed by the App was made on November 30, 2022. The election was asked to evacuate the office.
“The APC appealed these two judgments separately. The appeal number for the judgment obtained by the PDP is CA/AK/270/2022, while the appeal number obtained by the APP on the APP is CA/AK/226M/2024.
“At the time of the Court of Appeal, APC waived the appeal in relation to the application case. The appeal was eventually dismissed on January 13, 2025, making the judgment basis and legally binding.
“The APC appealed the PDP and submitted its judgment on February 10, 2025, but filed prematurely before the actual notice was given, on the grounds of the PDP case filed by the Federal High Court.
“The case was not given a positive or corresponding order.
“To everyone in Orson State frustrated and surprised, the APC headed to the town to celebrate that they would take over the various local government committees in the state under the Court of Appeals’ judgment, which has caused the PDP case to be cancelled due to lack of jurisdiction.
“Under his Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke of the Oxen State Government came out and informed them that they had abandoned another federal high court judgment.
“However, they still have a constant propaganda about the law, boasting about the use of the federal government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will help them subvert the rule of law.
“Equally, we also likewise thank all the security leaders in Nigeria, especially DSS Director General IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria and the National Defense Ministry, Mr. Ademola Oluwatosin Ajayi (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubaka Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, along with other Nigerian operatives who valued security, refused to subvert the rule of law in Osan State.
