- Ruling Party captures all 30 Chairmanship seats
Despite not enjoying support from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) says Saturday’s Local Government Councils’ elections in the State held peacefully and successfully with candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerging winners in all the 30 Councils.
The Chairman of OSIEC, Hashim Abioye who announced the results in a video posted on social media, declared the 30 PDP Chairmanship candidates and the 332 councillors elected in their respective Local Government Councils and wards.
It was gathered reliably that the result announcement witnessed by a select group of media organisations, took place at the Government House in Osogbo after the Police sealed off OSIEC’s office in the State capital.
Abioye was heard in the video saying; “The Local Government election has been successfully concluded. It was conducted in compliance with constitutional provisions, extant laws, regulations and guidelines.
“The election was conducted to fill the existing vacancies in 332 wards in the state and 30 LGAs of the state. The election was contested by 18 political parties and the result has been submitted to the Commission.
“From the available result as obtained from the field, the candidates of the PDP in 332 wards emerged as winners, and I as the Chief Returning Officer of the commission hereby return each and everyone of them as duly elected councillors of their wards.
“For the 30 LGAs of Osun state, the candidates of PDP cleared all the seats to this effect, by the power conferred on me as the chief returning officer of OSSIEC, I hereby declare them as duly elected chairman of their respective LGA.”
Abioye further disclosed that the Electoral Umpire was unable to provide accreditation materials to media due to police closure of its Head office.
According to him; “I want to apologise once again to the media community for inability to provide accreditation materials, it was simply because police has sealed our head office where the materials are kept, up till now, police has refused to give us access.”
