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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the state branch of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), accusing its leadership of spreading “lies” and acting as a political wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing controversy over federal allocations to local councils.
In a strongly worded rejoinder signed by its Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, on Sunday, the APC dismissed claims made earlier by NULGE chairman, Comrade Kehinde Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, regarding the disbursement of accumulated federal allocations to councils in the state.
The party insisted that it was not the responsibility of NULGE to interpret court judgments, stressing that the ruling of the Court of Appeal on February 10, 2025, which reinstated APC council chairmen and councillors, “remains valid and unchallenged.”
Contrary to NULGE’s claims, the APC maintained that no allocation was paid into the accounts of any party member or council chairman. According to the statement, all federal allocations were duly deposited into local government accounts, not into private or partisan accounts.
The APC further accused NULGE of abandoning its statutory role as a labour union and “turning itself into an arm of the PDP government” under Governor Ademola Adeleke.
“The statement that the Osun NULGE is not political does not hold any water,” the APC stated, arguing that “it is visible to the blind, audible to the deaf and tangible to the morons” that the union has been working for Adeleke’s interest.
It alleged that the union had been on a “sympathy strike” with the governor for seven months, supposedly to give cover to efforts aimed at annexing council funds.
Warning against what it called “brigandage and crisis,” the APC urged NULGE members to resist being misled by their leaders and instead support “the winning teams that are transforming grassroots governance.”
The party also called on statutory security agencies, including the police, DSS, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to ensure peace and vigilance in the state “at this critical time in Osun’s history.”
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