The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that the case filed by Chairmen who received the Sure or No Native Authorities election within the state on the Court docket of Appeal in Akure remains to be pending earlier than the court docket.
The primary opposition APC mentioned, as in opposition to what the ruling Folks’s Democratic Party (PDP) was saying that the matter has been dismissed; the court docket solely declined jurisdiction.
The get together additionally mentioned PDP’s declare that the court docket awarded a million naira in opposition to the counsel to the plaintiffs for misconduct was unfounded.
In line with the APC in an announcement by the Director of Media and Info of Osun APC, Chief Kola Olabisi, the plaintiffs who have been sacked by the current administration have a proper to stay of their respective places of work pending the ultimate dedication of their Appeal.
“Easy custom is when a court docket delivers a judgment, the train of rights extends past such a trial court docket till the ultimate dedication,” the assertion famous.
The assertion added, “We will not hesitate to proceed to teach the hearsay peddlers that the reliefs we sought, amongst others are, in view of Part 138(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 which is a very new part launched into the 2022 Electoral Act, the plaintiffs have a proper to stay of their respective places of work pending the ultimate dedication of their Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022, between the APC & 3 Ors v. the PDP & 3 Ors which remains to be pending on the Court docket of Appeal, Akure Division, Ondo State.
“Whether or not by the impact of this part, the steps being taken then by the PDP-controlled authorities to nominate caretakers for the Native Authorities Councils in Osun State whereas Appeal No. CA/AK/270/2022, between the APC & 3 Ors v. the PDP & 3 Ors remains to be pending within the Court docket of Appeal, Akure Division, is just not in contravention of the rights conferred on the plaintiffs by advantage of the mentioned Part 138(1)?
“Thus, if the court docket resolves identical in favour of the plaintiffs, the emoluments of the plaintiffs be directed to be paid.
“This part directs that the place elections are nullified pursuant to the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, the elected individuals whose elections have been nullified shall stay in workplace pending the time their attraction will likely be lastly decided in the event that they attraction.
“The elections have been on fifteenth October, 2022 nullified pursuant to Sections 24, 79, 150 of the identical Electoral Act, 2022, and an attraction was filed and being prosecuted until date.
“It was the APC and others that appealed within the Appeal case No. CA/AK/270/2022 and the plaintiffs on this go well with have been the elected officers who sought to hunt succour below the regulation.
“The reliefs have been by no means sought by any go well with earlier than and the OSSIEC was by no means a celebration within the go well with. This can be a new Part of the Act which had by no means been examined earlier than any court docket of regulation.
Nonetheless, the court docket declined jurisdiction and, on the identical time, held that the identical was an abuse of the court docket course of.
“The Court docket awarded prices of N200,000.00K in opposition to the plaintiffs and likewise awarded the price of a million naira in opposition to the counsel to the plaintiffs after it had declined jurisdiction over the matter. The hearsay that the prices have been awarded in opposition to the counsel for misconduct is unfounded.
“Easy custom is when a court docket delivers a judgment, train of rights lengthen past such a trial court docket till the ultimate dedication.”
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