Governor Adeleke Faults Deregistration Ruling, Says It Defies Appeal Court Order

By Joseph Sunday 

OSOGBO — Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has criticized a Federal High Court ruling that ordered the  deregistration of five political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission, calling it “an abuse of court process” and a violation of an existing Court of Appeal order.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, June 15, 3026, Governor Adeleke said the Court of Appeal had already issued a stay of proceedings on the matter. 

He cited Exhibit MAC 2 from the appellate court’s May 22, 2026 record, where the court stated: “The delivery of the judgement is still part of the proceedings of the Court.” Despite this, Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court proceeded with the ruling.

The governor urged Osun residents to remain calm, noting that the Court of Appeal will address the issue on Tuesday. He described the lower court’s decision as an attempt to stop Osun people from exercising their voting rights, but insisted “the Rule of Law and Humanity shall prevail.”

“I call on Osun people to remain calm and be assured that our rights will be affirmed and our party, the Accord, will be on the ballot on August 15th,” Adeleke said. “We will not only be on the ballot, we will win overwhelmingly the forthcoming governorship election.”

He confirmed that the flag-off of his campaign will still hold as scheduled today Tuesday, adding: “They want to distract us. We are going ahead and we are winning this election. Our lawyers are taking all necessary steps to right the wrong.”

The statement was signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the State Governor.