The Osun State Government has taken the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over the alleged withholding of monthly allocations to its local government councils, intensifying an ongoing political crisis with national implications.
According to court documents filed on April 23, 2025, and marked SC/CV/379/2025, the Attorney General of Osun State, represented by legal counsel Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), is suing the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as the sole defendant. The state is seeking judicial orders compelling the federal government to release the local government funds for the months of February, March, and April, which have reportedly been seized. The allocation for May remains uncertain.
The state is asking the apex court to rule on whether the AGF can legally withhold allocations despite Osun having democratically elected local government councils. The originating summons raises constitutional questions surrounding Sections 162 and 7 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and references previous Supreme Court rulings, including A.G. Lagos State v. A.G. Federation (2004) and A.G. Federation v. A.G. Abia State (2024).