All Progressives Congress Party in Oyo State has approached a court to stop the local government election slated for Saturday.
Its spokesperson, Kazeem Olatunde, noted this on Thursday morning, telling ‘The Punch’ that it was awaiting decision by the court.
“Our lawyers are already in court as I speak with you, they are filing papers to make sure the council election is postponed.
“We are waiting for the outcome of that. We believe the court will answer us.”
The party said it decided not to participate initially because the case filed by the elected local government officials was in court and rushing to organise another poll without waiting for that to be determined is wrong.
But the Chairman of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, Isiaka Olagunju ( SAN), had said the opposition party was given notice and that he personally went to the APC Secretariat to persuade them to participate in the poll but he said they spurned the opportunity.
