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In a complaint brought by reinstated All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen and council members seeking a judicial decision of their tenure of office, the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, deferred its hearing on Monday.
The case, which centred on the legitimacy of the local government elections held on February 22, 2025, by the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, was postponed until November 27, 2025.
Onibonokuta Saheed and seven other people filed the lawsuit, which was numbered FHC/OS/CS/147/2025, against the Attorney-General of the Federation and six other defendants.
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The plaintiffs are asking the court to clarify whether or not their three-year term began in February 2025.
Additionally, while their term was still in effect, they wanted the court to rule on whether the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, or OSSIEC, could legally hold local government elections on February 22, 2025.
According to the XANDERTECH, since the Court of Appeal reinstated the APC-elected chairmen and council members on February 10, 2025, the ongoing disagreement over the terms of local government officials in Osun State has continued to be a topic of public discussion.
Muhydeen Adeoye, the claimants’ attorney, filed a motion during Monday’s sessions asking for an order prohibiting the defendants from interfering with the claimants’ performance of their obligations until the outcome of the main matter was known.
“Despite the existing court pronouncement affirming their reinstatement,” Adeoye told the court, his “clients were being obstructed from performing their official functions.”
Barrister F.K. Labo-Popoola, the attorney for the third and fourth defendants, Rachael Ojomi, the attorney for the fifth defendant, and Barrister J.A. Ayanyemi, the attorney for the sixth defendant, contended that they were still within the allotted time to reply to the original summons.
The attorneys for the defendants asked the court to give them enough time to finish their procedures and submit any required answers prior to the hearing.
The Honourable Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi, the presiding judge, noted that not all parties to the suit had received all of the court documents.
In order to provide a fair hearing in accordance with due process, Justice Demi-Ajayi thus “directed that proper service should be effected on every party before the next sitting.”
After assuring the parties that the court will expedite the outcome of the issue, the judge postponed the hearing until November 27, 2025.