Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and his predecessor Gboyega Oyetola
Osun state chapter of the Action Peoples Party, APP has filed a contempt proceeding against the All Progressives Congress, APC, its party state chairman , Tajudeen Lawal and the reinstated Yes or No chairmen.
In the case filed before a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday, the APP said the defendants disobeyed the order of the court, which reportedly sacked the Yes or No chairmen from office.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the APP had reportedly filed separate cases before the Federal High Court, Osogbo, challenging the conduct of the local government elections by the immediate pastGovernor Gboyega Oyetola administration.
The court, in the two cases, sacked the APC chairmen who were elected after Oyetola lost his re-election bid.
However, the APC and the chairmen appealed the judgment, but while pursuing that of the PDP, the APC left that of the APP unattended, and the case was struck out on January 13, 2025.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, had granted the prayers of the APC in the appeal against the PDP case and reportedly reinstated the sacked chairmen.
APC chairmen have since resumed at the local government secretariats.
In the contempt case, the APP said unless the defendants obeyed the judgement of the Federal High Court which directed that the election into the Local Government Councils across Osun State held on 15/10/2022 pursuant to the Notice of Election issued on 15/8/2022 is unconstitutional, invalid, null and void and that all persons or Individuals occupying offices in the State Local Government Councils by virtue of the said election are accordingly sacked, the defender shall be guilty of contempt of Court and shall be liable to be committed to prison.
The APP said it has informed the court that the Yes or No chairmen are yet to comply with the Federal High Court order and are forcefully occupying offices in the 30 Local Government Councils in the State.
The party asked the chairmen to comply with the court order forthwith by vacating the offices or be guilty of contempt of court.
