Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and prevent those planning to cause trouble over the fresh ruling by the Court of Appeal, Akure division, on the local government election conducted on Oct. 22 in the state.
Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) who made the plea while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that the ruling delivered by the court on Friday had started generating issue across the state.
The APC Cheiftain said that while the Court of Appeal in its wisdom struck out a request by APC to relist its appeal against the 2022 Federal High Court that nullified local government elections, the court did not nullified the judgement delivered on February 10, which reinstated the party’s chairmen and councillors.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said that the misinterpretation given to the ruling by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the state government may result into crisis across the 30 local government areas in the state, if not quickly checked.
He said that the interpretation given to the ruling by the state government that they now have the control of the local government areas and the planned invasion of the secretariats on Monday will result into crisis.
The APC cheiftain said that the crisis is obvious because the elected APC chairmen and councillors would resist any unlawful invasion of the secretariat, which they are currently occupying.
Oyintiloye said that the only way the crisis could be averted is for Tinubu to intervene by ordering the deployment of more security agencies to the state.
He said that the loss of lives during similar crisis on Feb. 17, was still fresh in the minds of the residents, adding that such should not be allowed to happen again.
“We don’t want any bloodshed in the state again and that is why I am calling on 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 crisis in the state due to wrong interpretation of the court ruling.
“The verdict of the court on attempt by the APC to relist the case is very clear but some people are just hell-bent to cause chaos through misinterpretation of the court ruling.
We appeal to Mr. President to intervene and protect lives and property of residents in Osun.
“Osun government is already before the Supreme Court to challenge its inability to access local government allocation.
” It is therefore expected of the government to wait for the apex to take final decision on it”, he said
