Court stops council polls in Oyo

A Federal supreme court, sitting in metropolis, Wednesday ordered the Oyo state freelance Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) to suspend the planned authorities election into the recently created area people Development Authority (LCDA) unfinished the determination of the substantive suit before the court.


Some aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from Ibarapa East authorities had approached the Federal supreme court over the creation of latest wards, seeking associate degree interim order to suspend the conduct of council poll slated for might twelve, 2018 within the state.

Justice writer Abdul-Malik of Federal supreme court two in her transient ruling on the motion, granted the prayers of the aggrieved parties, preparation OYSIEC from conducting election into the recently created wards unfinished the determination of the substantive suit.

The interim relief in favour of the aggrieved APC members was created in respect of the new wards’ delineation by the regime, restraining OYSIEC from conducting election into the new wards.

Plans by the State freelance Electoral Commission to conduct election into authorities and LCDA’s by might twelve is already at the height.

A similar state of affairs vie out once some baales in Oyo West, Atiba associate degreed Oyo East native governments sought-after an order restraining the commission from conducting the planned election in 2017 unfinished the determination of the case that eventually LED to shifting the date of the election from Feb twenty one to might 2018.

The prosecuting officer General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Olusegun Abimbola same the govt would take immediate step to vacate the order that he claimed was nonetheless to be served on the govt.

He same ” the purpose is that the present laws within the state forbid any interim order from any court in respect of any continuing to have an effect on the temporal arrangement of regular election by that provision of Section nine of the Oyo state freelance Electoral Commission law Cap 154 Laws of Oyo state 2000″