Osun LGs Imbroglio Escalates As PDP Seeks Punitive Actions, Visa Ban For Fagbemi, Oyetola

The Osun State Local Governments Imbroglio continued on Monday with the state PDP asking western embassies and global right groups to take punitive actions against the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Lateef Fagbemi and the Minister of Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola citing disobedience of court order.

The party accused the two ministers of plotting, executing and making the local government crisis in Osun State become worse through deliberate disobedience of the Court of Appeal judgment that had recognized elected chairmen and councilors who are PDP members and also through callous withholding of local government allocations for the past five months.

The party noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its state chairman, Chief Sunday Bisi that rather than ensuring compliance with the court order, Mr Oyetola had ensured that  Osun local governments allocations are withheld without any valid legal basis.

‘We find this development worrisome and we consider it an open threat to democratic governance. We call on the Western embassies and global rights community to sanction the two federal officials for actions and conduct capable of truncating democracy in Osun State.

We seek visa ban and other sundry punitive actions to force these federal officials to comply with the rule of law. This is a democracy and no individual should be allowed to breach the constitution and due process as Mr Oyetola and the AGF are doing in Osun State.

We seek interventions in terms of investigations, compilation and dissemination of reports on democratic threats in Osun State and its implications for the state and national elections of 2026 and 2027;

We request for investigations of all sources of threats to democracy using Osun as a point of reference including the anti-democratic activities of the Nigerian Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, who is a cousin to Mr President.

We crave that the diplomatic community and right groups adopt the Osun 2026 gubernatorial election as a pre-2027 test case by highlighting risks and opportunities as the two elections draw near’ the statement added.

Osun State PDP vowed to persist in pushing its protests from the Transparency International, International Crisis Group, Amnesty International to Western Embassies and the European Union until legitimately elected  local government officials are allowed to function in the state through immediate release of allocations  to local governments in the state-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you