Osun govt seeks police protection for PDP chairmen, councillors’ resumption

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

The Osun State Government has requested the intervention of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone XI, to provide security for local government chairmen and councillors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to enable them resume duties at council secretariats across the state.

The request was contained in a letter dated June 18, 2026, written by Musibau Adetunbi (SAN) & Co. on behalf of the Osun State Government and the state’s local government councils. The letter was signed by Oluwabusola Oluwaniyi following the June 15 judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo.

Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi had dismissed a suit filed by sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) local government chairmen seeking tenure elongation and other reliefs aimed at retaining control of council secretariats.

According to the state government, the APC chairmen had asked the court to allow them remain in office, nullify the February 22, 2025 local government election, invalidate the oath of office administered on the elected PDP officials, restrain their removal from the secretariats and compel the police to continue providing security for them.

The government stated that all the reliefs sought by the former chairmen were rejected and that their originating summons was dismissed in its entirety. It added that there is no subsisting court order staying the judgment or restraining its implementation.

The letter stressed that the filing of an appeal or an application for a stay of execution does not amount to a court order capable of preventing the enforcement of the judgment.

“Against the background of the foregoing, we hereby implore you to act accordingly by removing the illegal occupiers and ensuring the safe resumption of duties by the duly elected officials,” the letter read.

The dispute over the rightful occupants of the council secretariats has remained a subject of contention, with members of the APC maintaining that court decisions support their continued occupation of the councils, while the PDP, now operating under the Accord Party, insists that officials elected in the February 22, 2025 local government election are the legitimate occupants.