According to NULGE, the funds were deposited in United Bank for Africa, UBA, accounts despite subsisting court orders and the existence of legitimate council accounts managed by career officers as signatories. The case, it added, is still pending before the Federal High Court and is scheduled for hearing on Monday, September 29, 2025. However, in a swift reaction, the Osun State chapter of the APC, described the NULGE statement as “a pack of lies and deliberate misrepresentation” intended to serve political interests. The Court of Appeal judgment of 10 February 2025, which reinstated the APC local government chairmen and councillors, remains valid as there is no record that it has been appealed,” the APC stated. Reacting, the Osun PDP said it noted the APC’s admission that the funds had been released.