Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Five people were reportedly feared killed and many others injured in Osun on Monday as a power struggle over control of local government secretariats between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned deadly, sparking panic and tension across parts of the state.

The crisis stemmed from last Monday's Court of Appeal judgment in Akure, which purportedly reinstated the APC-elected chairpersons and councillors who were sacked in 2022.

While the APC maintained that the judgment explicitly reinstated the local government officials, the state government argued that it did not restore them to office.

However, attempts by some APC members to forcefully take over council secretariats led...