TUNDE ADELEKE, Osogbo
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has revealed that the misinterpretation given to the fresh ruling by the Court of Appeal, Akure division, on the local government election conducted on Oct. 22 in the state by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the state government may result into crisis across the 30 local government areas in the state, if not quickly checked.
This is as Oyintiloye enjoined President Bola Tinubu to intervene and prevent those planning to cause havoc in the state over the ruling.
Daily Champion had earlier reported that the State Government has hailed Friday’s judgement of the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, which dismissed an application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relist a previously struck-out case over the sacking of local government chairmen elected in the controversial 2022 polls.
Oyintiloye, who made the plea while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, held that the ruling delivered by the court on Friday had started generating tension across the state.
The APC Chieftain said that while the Court of Appeal in its wisdom struck out a request by APC to relist its appeal against the 2022 Federal High Court that nullified local government elections, the court did not nullify the judgement delivered on February 10, which reinstated the party’s chairmen and councillors.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, noted that the interpretation given to the ruling by the state government that they now have control of the local government areas and the planned invasion of the secretariats on Monday will result in a crisis.
The APC cheiftain said that the crisis is obvious because the elected APC chairmen and councillors would resist any unlawful invasion of the secretariat, which they are currently occupying.
Oyintiloye said that the only way the crisis could be averted is for Tinubu to intervene by ordering the deployment of more security agencies to the state.
He said that the loss of lives during a similar crisis on Feb. 17 was still fresh in the minds of the residents, adding that such should not be allowed to happen again.
“We don’t want any bloodshed in the state again and that is why I am calling on the President to intervene swiftly to avoid loss of lives.
“The open declaration by PDP members to invade the council secretariats in the state on Monday can lead to mayhem and that is not what we need at the moment.
“Both the state government and the PDP must be cautioned against causing a crisis in the state due to the wrong interpretation of the court ruling.
“The verdict of the court on the attempt by the APC to relist the case is very clear but some people are just hell-bent to cause chaos through misinterpretation of the court ruling.
“We appeal to Mr. President to intervene and protect lives and property of residents in Osun.
“Osun government is already before the Supreme Court to challenge its inability to access local government allocation.
“It is therefore expected of the government to wait for the apex to take a final decision on it”, he said.
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