By Oluseye Ojo
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has extended its no-debit injunction against United Bank for Africa (UBA) on the restrictions it placed on 30 bank accounts of the local governments in Osun State to October 9.
The accounts contain withheld allocations from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intended for Osun State councils.
The claimants in the case are the Attorney General of Osun State, and Osun State Local Government Service Commission, while the defendant is the UBA.
The ruling, delivered by Justice Ladiran Akintola on Friday, came amid escalating tensions between ousted All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen and the newly elected council officials on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Osun State Government had, on Friday September 26, obtained an injunction against the accounts in a case instituted by the Attorney General of Osun State.
The latest ruling, announced on Friday October 3, 2025, extended the freezing of the accounts until a further hearing set for October 9 to allow all parties involved enjoy fair hearing. The parties are the Attorney-General of Osun State, the Osun State Local Government Service Commission, and United Bank for Africa Plc.
“The necessity for this extension arises from the need to ensure fair hearing for all parties involved in case number 1/1149/2025,” Justice Akintola stated.
During Friday’s court session, Counsel to UBA Plc was absent. But counsel to the court-sacked APC chairmen, Kazeem Gbadamosi (SAN), was present.
Gbadamosi said he filed an application for the APC to join the case on Thursday, and another application, challenging the court’s territorial jurisdiction filed on Friday. He argued in one of the applications: “The court has no power in respect of a case in which its jurisdiction is being challenged to extend the order of life span that had expired.”
But the claimant told the court that the matter of who the legitimate chairmen of the councils are remains sub judice before the Supreme Court in Suit No. SC/CV/773/2025. He said disbursing the funds under the present circumstances would undermine justice.
Speaking with reporters after the sitting, counsel to the Attorney-General of Osun State, stated: “Our contention is that even those who paid the money knew the matter was already before the court. They should have respected the Supreme Court by holding on to the money.”
