OSUN LG CRISIS: APPEAL COURT REFUSES ATTEMPT TO RELIST APP CASE, CONFIRMS APC CHAIRMEN’S REINSTATEMENT

This sudden attempt to bring back a dismissed appeal, using the judgment in the sister case, will only lead to confusion. This court will resist any move to make it unknowingly sit on appeal or review its own final judgment.”

The Court of Appeal has shut down a desperate move by opposition actors to resurrect a legally dead case — one that had already been thrown out months ago. The court described the attempt as deceptive, confusing, and an insult to the intelligence of the judicial process.

This latest failed effort was aimed at overturning the February 10, 2025 judgment (Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022), which had restored all democratically elected Chairmen and Councilors under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. That landmark decision remains valid and binding — and the court has now warned against any further attempts to undermine it.

Reading from the ruling, the Justices made it clear:

> “This sudden attempt to bring back a dismissed appeal, using the judgment in the sister case, will only lead to confusion. This court will resist any move to make it unknowingly sit on appeal or review its own final judgment.”

The court noted that the same parties who had failed to compile records or pursue their appeal properly were now returning, pretending to be unaware of their past inaction — a tactic the court flatly rejected.

 In plain terms: the opposition sat on their hands when they had the chance, and now they’re trying to rewrite history. The court has refused to be part of such judicial ambush or political trickery.

The judgment that reinstated the APC Chairmen and Councilors stands unshaken. The legal games being played by the opposition have failed — again — and the message is clear: the rule of law cannot be manipulated to serve political desperation.

From:

Bar. Galadima M.D. Adeoye