In Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, or APC, has declared that it will not be participating in the local elections that are set for Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Alao Olabisi Kamoru, the secretary of the Osun APC, signed a letter on Wednesday informing the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) of the decision.
Citing the recent Akure order from the Appeal Court as justification for its withdrawal, the APC said that the decision had made the scheduled election illegal and superfluous.
Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022, which reinstated previously elected local government representatives, was cited in the letter.
The letter says:
”Recall that the judgment of the Federal High Court in Suit No. FHC/OS/CS/94/2022 was meritoriously nullified on 10th February 2025 by the Appeal Court in Akure in Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022 Between All Progressives Congress & 3 Ors v. Peoples Democratic Party & Ors. By this judgment, the elected officers have resumed office as allowed by the Appeal Court ruling.
“The implication of the Appeal Court judgment, as cited above, is that the local council seats are no longer vacant.
“In view of the foregoing, we hereby state that the All Progressives Congress and all its candidates, by this letter, inform the Commission that we withdraw from the Local Government Elections scheduled for 22nd February 2025, the same having become unnecessary, superfluous, and unlawful with this development.”
The APC had been actively campaigning for its candidates across Osun’s 30 local government areas before making the sudden decision to pull out of the race.
