A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday fixed November 27, 2025, for hearing in a suit seeking tenure elongation for the reinstated chairmen and councillors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) till 2028.
The Nation reports that the reinstated APC chairmen filed the suit, marked FHC/OS/CS/147/2025, against the Attorney General of the Federation, the Inspector General of Police, the Osun State Governor, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), and the Osun State House of Assembly.
The claimants, led by Saheed Onibonokuta and seven other local council chairmen, are seeking an extension of their tenure beyond its scheduled expiration in October 2025, following their reinstatement by the Court of Appeal in February 2025.
They are also challenging the validity of the local government elections conducted by Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration in February 2025.
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Among the reliefs sought are determinations on whether they are entitled to three years in office starting from February 2025 and whether OSIEC acted lawfully by conducting fresh elections into their offices on February 22, 2025, while their tenure was still subsisting.
At Monday’s sitting, counsel for the claimants, Barrister Muhydeen Adeoye, filed a motion seeking to restrain the defendants from interfering with his clients’ duties pending the determination of the substantive suit.
However, counsel representing the 3rd and 4th defendants, Barrister F.K. Labo-Popoola; the 5th defendant, Barrister Rachael Ojomi; and the 6th defendant, Barrister J.A. Ayanyemi, jointly argued that they were still within time to respond to the originating summons.
Presiding judge, Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi, observed that service of court processes was yet to be completed and directed counsel to ensure all parties are duly served before the next sitting.
Justice Demi-Ajayi, who had earlier assured of an expedited hearing, adjourned the case to November 27, 2025, for further proceedings.