Ogun ADC insists on elected management, warns towards political interference

The celebration warned towards makes an attempt to impose a caretaker committee or create parallel management buildings, describing such strikes as a menace to inside democracy and its structure.

In a press release issued on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Adesina Olanrewaju, the chapter stated no particular person, no matter political affect, had the authority to take away an current management construction with out following the celebration’s constitutional procedures.

“Ogun State is not a political playground, neither is the ADC in Ogun State anybody’s personal estate where decisions can be imposed through arrogance, intimidation or unilateral administrative pronouncements,” the assertion stated.

It additionally warned that it will not recognise any parallel management construction created exterior the celebration’s structure.

The chapter cited court docket selections on disputes over caretaker committees and the tenure of elected celebration executives.

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

The celebration additionally stated the Court of Appeal dismissed an attraction towards the judgment in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/608/2026.

It additional cited a November 3, 2026 judgment of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, which declared the purported interim govt committee led by Afeez Adelowo Jimoh in Oyo State unlawful and affirmed the four-year tenure of the Yinka Olona-led govt committee.

The Ogun chapter stated the judgments strengthened the necessity for celebration leaders to respect constitutional provisions and court docket selections.

It additionally cited Articles 2, 12, 13, 17 and 18 of the ADC Constitution, which cope with the supremacy of the celebration’s structure, the composition and capabilities of its organs, tenure of workplace and election of celebration officers.

“The judiciary is not a decoration. Court judgments are not political recommendations. The rule of law is not subject to anybody’s personal interpretation or convenience,” the assertion added.

The chapter known as on the nationwide management of the ADC to intervene and forestall what it described as makes an attempt to undermine the celebration’s elected construction in Ogun State.

It additionally urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and different stakeholders to respect current court docket selections and the celebration’s constitutional provisions.