Osun Election: PDP Wins All 30 Local Government

PDP Candidates have emerged as Chairmen and councilors of the just concluded local government council elections in Osun State.

The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, Chairman, Hashim Abioye who announced the results in a video on social media, declared the 30 Chairmanship candidates of the PDP elected and the 332 councilors elected in their respective local government and wards.

The result announcement which had selected media outfits present was allegedly done at the Government House in Osogbo as the police had sealed off the commission’s office in the state capital.

His words as recorded in the video, “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 every one of them as duly elected councilors 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 disclosed further that the commission was unable to provide accreditation materials to the media due to the police closure of its head office.

“I want to apologize once again to the media community for our inability to provide accreditation materials, it was simply because the police have sealed our head office where the materials are kept, and up till now, the police have refused to give us access,” he said.

Recall that the police had called for the suspension of the LG election, citing a high likelihood of violence and security threats.

On Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, said “credible intelligence” suggests that some individuals are planning to disrupt the peace in Osun state.