Osun LG: Supreme Court ruling sparks mixed reactions from APC, PDP

Osun State chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Adedamola Adebayo have expressed contrasting interpretations of the Supreme Court ruling on the issue of withheld local government allocations.

This is as each claimed victory while issuing warnings to their supporters and opponents.

These reactions were expressed in separate statements made available to SOCIETY WATCH on Saturday in Osogbo.

The Osun APC through its Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, said the party applauded the Supreme Court’s judgement, describing it as a reinforcement of the July 2024 ruling which affirmed financial autonomy for local government councils in the state.

The party said the verdict again nullified the actions of the alleged illegally elected PDP chairmen and councillors.

The APC, however, criticised the Osun State House of Assembly for passing the Local Government Accounts Administration Bill, 2025, shortly after the judgement was delivered.

It described the move as “unconstitutional and an attempt to undermine the court’s decision.”

The statement read, “The bill is unconstitutional and a failed attempt to scuttle the Supreme Court’s judgment in July 2024 over financial autonomy for the local governments, which was by implication reinforced today in another Supreme Court judgement where the Osun State Government and ‘sit-at-home appointed chairmen and councillors’ lost gallantly.”