A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop those trying to cause trouble over the fresh ruling by the Court of Appeal on the local government election conducted on October 22, 2022, in the state.
Addressing newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, Oyintiloye lamented that the court’s ruling on Friday had started generating tension across the state.
He stated that while the Court of Appeal struck out the APC’s request to relist its appeal against the 2022 Federal High Court judgment that nullified local government elections, the court did not nullify the judgement delivered on February 10, which reinstated the party’s chairmen and councillors.
He argued that the misinterpretation of the ruling by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the state government may result in a crisis across the state’s 30 local government areas if not quickly checked.
The APC chieftain said that the crisis is evident because the elected APC chairmen and councillors would resist any unlawful invasion of the secretariats, which they are currently occupying.
Oyintiloye said that the only way to avert the crisis is for Tinubu to intervene by ordering the deployment of more security agencies to the state.
He said, “We don’t want any bloodshed in the state again, and that is why I am calling on the President to intervene swiftly to avoid loss of lives.
“The open declaration by PDP members to invade the council secretariats in the state on Monday can lead to mayhem, and that is not what we need at the moment.
“Both the state government and the PDP must be cautioned against causing a crisis in the state due to wrong interpretation of the court ruling.
“The verdict of the court on the attempt by the APC to relist the case is very clear, but some people are just hell-bent on causing chaos through misinterpretation of the court ruling.”
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