The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has withdrawn from the upcoming local government election scheduled to hold on Saturday, Feb 22.
This was contained in a letter signed by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alao Kamorudeen dated by Feb 17, which was addressed to the Secretary of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC).
A copy of the letter obtained by the Insight Media Correspondence in Osogbo on Thursday, expressed that APC would not participate in the election because of the Feb. 10 Court of Appeal judgment which reinstated its chairmen and councillors.
The letter read: “Recall that judgment of the Federal High Court in suit No. FHF/OS/CS/94/2022 was meritoriously nullified on Feb. 10 by Court of Appeal in Akure, in appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022 between APC and 3 others V. Peoples Democratic Party and others.
“By the judgment, the elected officers have resumed offices as allowed by the Appeal Court.
“The implication of the Court of Appeal judgment as cited above is that the seats are no longer vacant.
“In view of the forgoing, we hereby state that APC and all its candidates have by this letter informed the commission that we withdraw from the local government election scheduled for Feb. 22.
“Same as become unnecessary, superfluous and unlawful with the development.”
Insight Media reported that there had been crisis between APC and PDP over the Court of Appeal judgment in respect of the sacked APC council chairmen and councillors.
The ruling party in the state, PDP had claimed that the Feb. 10 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure, did not reinstate the sacked APC chairmen and councillors elected in 2022, while APC insisted on their return to local government Secretariat.
However, on Monday crisis erupted across all the Local Government in Osun and it was confirmed that six persons lost their lives including one acclaimed reinstated chairman, Hon Remi Abass of Irewole Local Government and scores injured during crisis.
