Court Order For Conduct Of Osun LG Poll ‘Laughable’, Says Ex-Commissioner

Remi Omowaiye, a former commissioner for works and transportation and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has criticized an Ilesa High Court order regarding the organization of elections for chairmanship and councillor positions in the state’s 30 local government areas.

He argued that a new election was irrelevant because an Appeal Court decision affirms the authority of local government officials elected under the previous APC-led state.

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“Well, it’s quite unfortunate that the order is coming from a court in my town, this is a judicial rascality”, Omowaiye said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.

There is no vacancy, only a clear court ruling affirming the elected local government officials.

Therefore, you cannot hold elections, and it is also absurd that a court of a lower jurisdiction is is is is issuing an interlocutory injunction against a court of higher coordinate’s decision.

On Friday, The Court ordered the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, (OSSIEC), to conduct elections for the vacant positions of chairmen and councillors in the 30 local government areas of the South-West state.

Before its order, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi had called for the halting of the exercise.

Fagbemi relied on a ruling in the state’s court to reinstate former sacked local government officials.

Osun State has been in a crisis due to its plans to hold local government elections, which have resulted in the loss of lives.

Source: Channels TV