Ogun ADC insists on elected leadership, warns against political interference

The Ogun State section of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has insisted that the enforcement committee led by Otunba Oluwafemi Soluade remains the morganatic enactment of the enactment successful the state.

The enactment warned against attempts to enforce a caretaker committee oregon make parallel enactment structures, describing specified moves arsenic a menace to interior ideology and its constitution.

In a connection issued connected Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Adesina Olanrewaju, the section said nary individual, careless of governmental influence, had the authorization to region an existing enactment operation without pursuing the party's law procedures.

It specifically mentioned Chief Rauf Aregbesola, insisting that helium and different individuals could not unilaterally enforce a caretaker statement connected the authorities chapter.

"Ogun State is not a governmental playground, neither is the ADC successful Ogun State anybody's idiosyncratic property wherever decisions tin beryllium imposed done arrogance, intimidation oregon unilateral administrative pronouncements," the connection said.

The enactment maintained that its elected enforcement committee could not beryllium dissolved simply due to the fact that immoderate individuals wanted a antithetic enactment statement to service their governmental interests.

It besides warned that it would not recognise immoderate parallel enactment operation created extracurricular the party's constitution.

The section cited tribunal decisions connected disputes implicit caretaker committees and the tenure of elected enactment executives.

It referred to a Federal High Court judgement delivered successful Abuja connected April 29, 2026, successful Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/581/2026, which it said affirmed the tenure of ADC State Working and Executive Committees.

The enactment besides said the Court of Appeal dismissed an entreaty against the judgement successful Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/608/2026.

It further cited a November 3, 2026 judgement of the Federal High Court successful Ibadan, which declared the purported interim enforcement committee led by Afeez Adelowo Jimoh successful Oyo State amerciable and affirmed the four-year tenure of the Yinka Olona-led enforcement committee.

The Ogun section said the judgments reinforced the request for enactment leaders to respect law provisions and tribunal decisions.

It besides cited Articles 2, 12, 13, 17 and 18 of the ADC Constitution, which woody with the supremacy of the party's constitution, the creation and functions of its organs, tenure of bureau and predetermination of enactment officers.

"The judiciary is not a decoration. Court judgments are not governmental recommendations. The regularisation of instrumentality is not taxable to anybody's idiosyncratic mentation oregon convenience," the connection added.

The section called connected the nationalist enactment of the ADC to intervene and forestall what it described arsenic attempts to undermine the party's elected operation successful Ogun State.

It besides urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and different stakeholders to respect existing tribunal decisions and the party's law provisions.

Ogun ADC insists connected elected leadership, warns against governmental interference