LG Poll: 19 Osun APC Candidates Sue Electoral Commission

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State and 19 candidates of the party in the forthcoming local government elections in the state have dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke and Osun State Independent Electoral Commission to court, following their disqualification from the poll.

Joined as a co-defendant in the suit No. Hos/184/2024, was the Osun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwole Jimi-Bada.

The APC and the 19 affected candidates in the suit filed on their behalf by Mr Muhydeen Adeoye, challenged the refusal of OSSIEC to accept the substitution of their names, which led to their disqualification.

They subsequently asked the court to declare the processes leading to the February 25, 2025 poll illegal, null and void.

They also urged the court to order the defendants to pay a sum of N100m damages to them in addition to tendering a written apology for the public embarrassment, humiliation, disturbance and trauma caused them over an attempt by OSSIEC to deprive them the opportunity to participate in the election.

In the originating summons dated October 18, 2024, obtained in Osogbo by our correspondent on Saturday, the claimants alleged that the defendants failed to constitute Local Government and Area Council Election Tribunal which had shut door of opportunity to challenge their pre-election grievances against the decision of OSSIEC to qualify them from participation in the poll.

They insisted that not allowing the claimants to explore the opportunity of challenging their disqualification before a tribunal has rendered the processes so far by the OSSIEC in connection with the proposed 2025 Local Government Elections illegal.

They also urged the court to order the defendants to pay a sum of N100m damages to them in addition to tendering a written apology for the public embarrassment, humiliation, disturbance and trauma caused them over an attempt by OSSIEC to deprive them the opportunity to participate in the election.

In the originating summons dated October 18, 2024, obtained in Osogbo by our correspondent on Saturday, the claimants alleged that the defendants failed to constitute Local Government and Area Council Election Tribunal which had shut door of opportunity to challenge their pre-election grievances against the decision of OSSIEC to qualify them from participation in the poll.

They insisted that not allowing the claimants to explore the opportunity of challenging their disqualification before a tribunal has rendered the processes so far by the OSSIEC in connection with the proposed 2025 Local Government Elections illegal.