By Lateef Ibrahim
The political face-off in Osun State escalated on Tuesday as the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) continued their heated dispute over the legitimacy of local government chairmen and councillors.
This battle is intensifying as both political parties have reportedly drawn the attention of the Federal Government.
The latest controversy follows a letter from the Osun State Government introducing newly selected chairmen and councillors to the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi, and the Central Bank Governor, Yemi Cardoso.
This move has sparked outrage within the state APC chapter, which labelled the introduced officials as impostors and called on the Federal Government to reject their recognition.
In a statement, the Osun APC Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, said: “We want to put it on record that the PDP chieftains introduced by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Kazeem Igbalaye, are impersonators.
“There was no election that produced these individuals, and the Court of Appeal’s ruling on 10th February 2
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