By Ayodele Oni
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described Court judgement which ordered deregistration of five political parties, as an affront on the Court of Appeal, an abuse of court process and an open threat against the integrity of the electoral process.
The governor spoke in Osogbo on Monday, during a press conference.
A Federal High Court, in defiance of a Court of Appeal order, had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to deregister the five political parties including the Accord Party.
In an earlier ruling, the Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision of a panel of three Justices had on May 22, 2026 directed the Federal High Court Judge not to proceed with the suit until an appeal pending before them and filed by Accord Party is resolved.
In a Certified True Copy Enrol Order of the Superior Court, Justices Mohammed Danjuma, Adebukola Banjoko and Oyejoju Oyewumi asked the lower Court Judge to stay proceedings until all issues on the appeal filed by the Accord party were resolved.
Governor Adeleke stated that “Our lawyers have taken necessary steps to right the wrong.
“It is on record that the Court of Appeal had stayed proceedings on the matter till October. We are therefore surprised that the lower court proceeded to act on a matter already acted upon by the higher court.
“I call on Osun people to remain calm. The judgement cannot stay; Accord will be on the ballot; we will be on the ballot ; and we will win resoundingly on August 15th.
“The only hope of Osun APC to secure power through the backdoor by aiming at supposed empty net has been dashed.
“Our people are reassured that efforts by Osun APC to stop our re-election have failed. Our flag off rally is holding tomorrow. Let us troop out enmasse to grace the occasion.
“We will not be distracted. We remain focussed on winning. By God’s grace and the people’s support, continuity shall prevail come August 15th.”
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