No courtroom order reinstated APC chairmen, councillors – Osun commissioner

The Osun State Authorities has warned that makes an attempt to punish residents by withholding or obstructing Native Authorities funds quantity to an assault on the individuals, not the state.

In a press release on Wednesday signed by the Commissioner for Info and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Alimi, the federal government described current actions by political actors as “brazenly hostile to the welfare of Osun individuals on the grassroots.”

The assertion comes amid escalating tensions over the management of native authorities councils within the state.

“No Courtroom ordered the reinstatement of APC’s unlawful Native Authorities council directors,” the assertion stated.

“Opposite to APC propaganda, no courtroom, together with the Courtroom of Appeal in its judgment of February 10, 2025, issued a direct, executory order reinstating any APC native authorities chairmen or councillors. What we’re witnessing is a political try to smuggle energy by way of the backdoor after dropping it by way of lawful means.”

The federal government additionally warned that courtroom judgments can’t be used to justify actions that “starve Native Governments of funds,” including, “Native Authorities funds are meant for lecturers, well being employees, market girls, conventional establishments, sanitation, and group providers, not for settling political scores. Anybody blocking these funds is brazenly declaring warfare on the Osun grassroots populace.”

On the position of the Osun State Unbiased Electoral Fee, the federal government stated, “Elections shall be performed lawfully, not at gunpoint or underneath propaganda strain, as APC is attempting to hijack the individuals’s mandate underneath armed accomplices.”

The assertion additional clarified that “native authorities autonomy doesn’t imply anarchy. It doesn’t allow people to declare themselves in workplace, seize public areas, or try to entry public funds with out lawful backing.”

The federal government concluded with a stern warning to these concerned in obstructing native councils:

“Let or not it’s on report that any try to frustrate Osun Native Governments, cripple grassroots growth, or punish harmless residents within the identify of politics is famous by the individuals. The Osun voters is watching, recording, and can reply decisively. The rule of regulation will prevail, and the individuals’s mandate shall be protected.”

The assertion comes amid ongoing disputes over the management of native authorities councils in Osun State. Civil society organisations, led by Stephen Olanrewaju, and the PDP had earlier known as on APC chairmen to vacate workplace, alleging their tenure led to October 2025 and accusing the Osun Police Command of defending “unlawful executives.”

The APC, nevertheless, maintains that its chairmen had been reinstated by the Courtroom of Appeal in February 2025 and are legally occupying council secretariats.