APC accuses PDP of misrepresenting S’Court verdict to incite violence in Osun

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over an alleged plot by the state government and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to plunge the state into crisis by twisting Friday’s Supreme Court verdict on local government allocations.

In a statement signed by its chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, the APC accused Governor Ademola Adeleke, PDP chairman Sunday Bisi, and Commissioner for Information Kolapo Alimi of allegedly misinforming the public about the Supreme Court judgement, which struck out a case filed by the Osun Attorney-General against the Attorney-General of the Federation.

Lawal said it was surprising that the Commissioner for Information, a lawyer, was misrepresenting the judgement on radio, allegedly heightening tension in Osogbo and neighbouring communities.

The party further alleged that PDP leaders had perfected plans to launch coordinated attacks on APC members across the state. It cited an incident in Otan-Aiyegbaju, Boluwaduro Local Government Area, where five APC members were reportedly injured by suspected PDP thugs led by one Felix Falola shortly after the judgement was delivered.

Interpreting the verdict, the APC said the Supreme Court, in suit number SC/CV/379/2025, reaffirmed that local government statutory allocations must be paid directly to councils, which it described as autonomous entities empowered to control their funds without interference from state or federal governments.

The party added that the judgement held that the Osun Attorney-General lacked the locus standi to file the suit, noting that the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction covers only disputes between the federal and state governments—not matters involving local governments, which are legal entities that can sue and be sued.

It said the apex court declared the case incompetent and struck it out, with Justice Muhammed Idris delivering the lead judgement supported by six other justices, while one justice dissented. This, the APC argued, raised questions about how the state government could claim “victory” in a suit it had no legal right to institute.

The APC cautioned Governor Adeleke against actions capable of disturbing public peace and urged its supporters to remain committed to the rule of law, accusing the PDP government of employing “stratagems” to keep its followers hopeful amid what it described as an imminent political implosion.