The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke, not to proceed with the local government elections scheduled for Saturday in Osun state.
Penpushing reports that Fagbemi gave the caution note in a statement, stressing that there was no basis for fresh elections because a recent Court of Appeal ruling returned former council chairmen and councillors to their former offices until October 2025.
The Attorney General declared that any election held on Saturday regards council will be invalid since the term of office of the elected officials just restored by the judgement of the Court of Appeal will still be running until October 2025
“Any such election that may be held will not only be invalid since the term of office of the elected officials just restored by the judgement of the Court of Appeal will still be running until October 2025. It will also amount to an egregious breach of the Constitution which Governor Adeleke has sworn to uphold’, he stated.
Penpushing further reports that Fagbemi who is the Nigeria’s Minister of Justice in a public advisory to the Governor, who in return argued that the Appeal Court ruling did not order the reinstatement of the council chairmen sacked by a lower court in 2022.
The Governor while addressing state residents in a broadcast explained that the state government has read through the said judgment and submitted it to the best of legal minds for interpretation, stressing that there is nowhere a reinstatement order was issued
“As a government, we have read through the said judgment. We have submitted it to the best of legal minds for interpretation. There is nowhere a reinstatement order was issued. No matter the manner of misinterpretation, that judgment contained no consequential order nor any reinstatement directive,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, the sacked council chairmen are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), while the Governor is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has appointed administrators to head the councils since he assumed office in November 2022.
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