The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised concerns over what it calls an imminent crisis, accusing the state government of plotting to install officials elected in the February 21 local government elections into the council secretariats across the state.
The party claims that this move, if executed, could lead to significant unrest.
Speaking on behalf of the APC leadership in Osogbo, former Osun Information Commissioner, Mr. Sunday Akere, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration of planning to carry out the alleged takeover through a court order.
Akere, alongside other APC leaders, including former Osun House of Assembly member Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Adebayo Adeleke, and former Special Adviser to the Governor Jamiu Olawumi, revealed that the state government is seeking a ruling from an Osun State High Court in Ikirun on April 17, 2025, to facilitate this process.
According to Akere, the government intends to use a mandamus order to replace the APC chairmen and councillors, who were reinstated by the court, with those elected under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
He warned that the involvement of the Amotekun Corps and alleged thugs could trigger chaos if the plan goes ahead.
In response, Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, dismissed these claims, calling them a form of blackmail.
Rasheed accused the APC of being anxious about potential backlash over their ongoing illegal occupation of local government secretariats.
He stated that the APC was facing multiple lawsuits regarding the alleged invasion of council secretariats, including cases brought by the PDP’s elected chairmen and councillors from the February 21 election, the National Union of Local Government Employees, and the All Peoples Party, which sued for contempt of court for disregarding a judgment that dismissed APC-elected chairmen in the October 15, 2022, local government elections.
Rasheed also clarified that Governor Adeleke had no intention of filing any legal action but had instructed PDP-elected chairmen and councillors to follow the rule of law and avoid violence.
However, Akere stood by his accusations, claiming that the government’s plan to bring PDP chairmen back into the local government secretariats could spark renewed unrest.
He described the alleged action as a “judicial coup,” with plans to use the court order to bring PDP officials into council secretariats, backed by Amotekun Corps and thugs.
“The governor’s plot involves illegally installed council chairmen and councillors, accompanied by workers who have been absent from the secretariats, which could lead to mayhem across Osun State,” Akere said.
The APC has also petitioned the National Judicial Council over what it describes as judicial misconduct supported by the Adeleke administration.
In defense, Rasheed dismissed the APC’s threats of violence as unfounded, asserting that the party was only trying to avoid the legal consequences of its unconstitutional occupation of the local government councils.
He urged the APC to focus on their legal battles rather than involving the governor in what he called the party’s “self-imposed and self-inflicted” troubles.
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