Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elected local government officials in Osun State, under the aegis of the Association of Local Government Of Nigeria, ALGON, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to direct the Accountant General of the Federation to inform the Controller of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN in the state not to cause anarchy.

ALGON chairman in Osun State, Sharafadeen Awotunde, made this appeal on Tuesday during a press conference at the Ministry Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abere.

Awotunde stressed that the local government allocation cannot be deposited into private accounts.

The ALGON chairman spoke on behalf of all the local government chairmen who emerged victorious in the February 22, 2025 local government election in Osun State.

He also revealed that elected officials are not signatories to the local government accounts but the Director of Finance and Head of Local Government Administration of the local government.

“We know President Bola Tinubu is the father of the nation. All we want him to do is to call the Accountant General to order.

“We want the Accountant General to direct the CBN controller in Osogbo not to cause anarchy. He should only deal with the local government officials who were duly elected into office and that is us.

“Any action contrary to they will lead to anarchy,” he said.

The press conference is coming on the heels of the disagreement between the Osun chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the state government over control of local government administration in the state.

Both the state government and the APC have claimed that the Appeal Court, Akure Division judgment of February 10 and June 13, 2025, are in their favour.

It was on the strength of the February 10, 2025 Appellate Court judgment that the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, conducted the local government election on Saturday, February 22.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won all the available slots in the poll but Governor Ademola Adeleke, upon swearing-in the PDP local government officials directed them to stay at home in order to avoid violence.

Prior to the local government poll, violence broke out in some local government secretariats across the state over the interpretation of the February 10, 2025 Appeal Court judgment.

The violence claimed six lives, including Remi Abass, and APC chairmanship candidate in Ikire town, Irewole local government area.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday declared that the proposed political party, All Democratic Alliance, ADA, can’t be registered at the moment because it is yet to meet requirement.

Mr. Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Informawtion and Voter Education Committee, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists in Abuja.

According to him, there are several letters of intent before the Commission but none has met requirements to proceed for formal registration application.

“The truth is that we have so many letters of intent presently and none of them is an application yet. They must first meet the criteria before submitting a letter of intent,” Olumekun said.

It was learnt that ADA proponents omitted the word ‘electoral’ from the letter they addressed to the INEC chairman.

The management and staff of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Secretariat, on Monday shut their offices and staged a mass walkout in protest against Senator Samuel Anyanwu’s attempt to forcibly reclaim his position as national secretary.

The demonstration was said to have followed the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, appointment of Setonji Koshodeo as acting National Secretary.

Anyanwu reportedly arrived at the party headquarters with suspected thugs and tried to take control of the national secretary’s office.

However, staff members, who neither wanted to recognize or work with him, were said to have quickly mobilised and vacated the premises, leaving him stranded and visibly embarrassed.

“Anyanwu and his people entered the building. It wasn’t just an attempt, they actually went straight into the national secretary’s office with some of his aides,” One of the protesting staff members said.

The PDP secretariat remained deserted as the protest went on, as some staff insisted that they would not return until Anyanwu vacated the office.

It will be recalled that the staff had in May publicly pledged to support the committee’s decision, insisting that Koshoedo’s appointment followed the party’s internal procedures.

“We had all left our offices and walked out in protest. That firm action led to his exit,” another protesting staff said.

At the time of filing this report, the PDP is yet to issue an official statement on the matter.