OMISORE WITHDRAWS SUIT CHALLENGING APC ASPIRANTS’ DISQUALIFICATION AHEAD OF OSUN GUBER PRIMARY
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The campaign organisation of former senator Iyiola Omisore on Thursday confirmed that he has withdrawn a lawsuit he earlier filed over the disqualification of some governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s governorship primary in Osun State.
In a statement issued in Osogbo and signed by the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Ajibola Famurewa, the group said the suit, marked FHC/OS/CS/261/2025 – Senator Iyiola Omisore v. APC & ANR, had already been discontinued.
According to the statement, the case was initially filed after seven out of eight aspirants were reportedly disqualified by the party’s screening panel, with the suit aimed at testing the validity of the panel’s decision, which the campaign alleged violated provisions of the Electoral Act 2022.
The clarification follows reports that details of the case filed by Omisore against the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had resurfaced, raising concerns within the party as campaigns begin for the August 15 governorship election in the state.
In the originating summons dated December 9, 2025, Omisore had asked the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo to determine whether the APC could impose qualification or disqualification criteria on aspirants beyond those provided in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
He also sought a declaration that the party could not validly disqualify him from contesting the governorship primary after meeting the constitutional requirements under Sections 177 and 182 of the constitution.
Among other reliefs, Omisore requested the court to void the alleged disqualification and compel the APC to present him as an aspirant in its governorship primary election.
The suit further asked the court to restrain INEC from recognising any primary election conducted by the APC to nominate a candidate for the forthcoming Osun governorship election.
The case, filed by his counsel Kolawole Salami before Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi, became public knowledge after a court log listing matters scheduled for March 2 surfaced on social media, where it appeared as the 11th matter for the day.
However, the campaign organisation said the suit was later withdrawn following the intervention of prominent party leaders, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and elder statesman Bisi Akande.
“Upon the intervention of the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande and other well-meaning leaders that led to Senator Omisore’s engagement of the media on a national television to follow the party’s decision and to honour Mr President,” the statement said.
The campaign organisation also accused some individuals of misrepresenting the situation to create panic within the party.
It urged members of the APC and the public to disregard reports suggesting that the suit is still pending, while calling for unity among party members ahead of the governorship election.
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