- Safiu Kehinde
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured the residents of the state that the local government election slated for the 22nd of February 2025, will hold as against the ruling of the Court of Appeal.
This was in reaction to the verdict of the Court of Appeal sitting in Ondo state which ordered the suspension of the election while also nullifying the sacking of the All Progressive Congress (APC) LGA Chairmen and Councillors.
As contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, the party assured that nothing has changed in the ongoing preparations for the forthcoming local government election, as the election remains the only panacea for meeting the yearnings of the people at the rural communities.
Bisi assured that the PDP has activated its legal department to swing into action to appeal the judgement at the apex court, in defence of democracy and the good people of Osun State.
Reacting to the court’s reinstatement of the APC LG officials, the PDP urged Osun residents to stay calm and focused amid a judgement which it claimed allowed the appeal of the purported beneficiaries of ragtag election earlier annulled by an Osogbo federal high court in 2022.
The Osun PDP Chairman charged the people of the state to stand up to the challenge and the shenanigans of the APC to destroy the state just as they attempted after their loss at the the July 16 2022 election.
“It is time to read into the destructive antics of the APC, whose main objective is to corner the state for their selfish intentions.” Bisi said.
The statement read in part; “The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic has assured the good people of Osun State to stay calm and focused amid a judgement of court of appeal sitting in Akure allowing the appeal of the purported beneficiaries of ragtag election earlier annulled by an Osogbo federal high court in 2022.
“The PDP in a statement by its media office and signed by the state chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi, on Monday denounced insinuations by the rudderless opposition that the appellate Court has stopped the conduct of the February 22, 2025 local government election.
“Hon Sunday Bisi assured that the party has activated its legal department to swing into action to appeal the judgement at the apex court, in defence of democracy and the good people of Osun State.
“The PDP further assured that nothing has changed in the ongoing preparations for the forthcoming local government election, as the election, in the view of the ruling party in the state, remains the only panacea for meeting the yearnings of the people at the rural communities.
“The statement also called on the people of Osun State to stand up to the challenge and the shenanigans of the APC to destroy the state just as they attempted after their woeful loss at the the July 16 2022 election.
“It is time to read into the destructive antics of the APC, whose main objective is to corner the state for their selfish intentions.”