The campaign organisation of former Osun State Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has confirmed that the legal action challenging the disqualification of several governorship aspirants by the All Progressives Congress has been withdrawn.
In a statement released in Osogbo on Thursday, and signed by
its Director General, Ajibola Famurewa, the organisation explained that the
case was discontinued after interventions from prominent leaders of the ruling
party.
The statement disclosed that the suit had earlier been filed
at the Federal High Court in Osogbo following the disqualification of seven out
of eight aspirants by the party’s screening panel ahead of the APC governorship
primary in Osun State.
According to the campaign organisation, “the legal action,
marked FHC/OS/CS/261/2025 – Senator Iyiola Omisore v. APC & ANR, was
instituted to test the legality of the panel’s decision.”
Famurewa said “the suit questioned whether the party had the
authority to impose conditions for qualification or disqualification of
aspirants beyond those stipulated in the Electoral Act 2022 and the 1999
Constitution of Nigeria.”
The originating summons, dated December 9, 2025, had asked
“the Federal High Court to determine if the APC could lawfully disqualify
Omisore despite his alleged fulfilment of the constitutional requirements to
contest in the governorship primary.”
Among the reliefs sought was “a declaration that the party
could not validly exclude him from participating in the primary election having
satisfied the provisions of Sections 177 and 182 of the Constitution.”
The suit also sought an order nullifying the alleged
disqualification and compelling the APC to recognise Omisore as an aspirant in
its governorship primary ahead of the state election.
The former deputy governor asked the court to restrain the
Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising any primary
conducted by the APC to produce a candidate for the governorship election in
Osun State.
Famurewa explained that “the case became widely known after
details from the court’s cause list for March 2 circulated on social media,
where the matter appeared as the eleventh case scheduled for hearing before
Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi.”
However, he stated that the case was later withdrawn after
consultations and appeals from senior party leaders.
“Upon the intervention of the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande and other well-meaning leaders, Senator Omisore
decided to honour the request to follow the party’s decision,” the statement
read.
The campaign organisation urged members of the APC and the
public to disregard reports suggesting that the case was still pending,
stressing the importance of unity within the party ahead of the forthcoming
governorship election scheduled for August 15 in Osun State.
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