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Peoples Democratic Party has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas in Osun State.
Disclosing this on Saturday, Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Hashim Abioye, at a press conference in Osogbo, said that PDP cleared 332 councillorship seats in the poll.
The OSSIEC boss added that the election was successfully concluded in compliance with constitutional provisions, extant laws, regulations and guidelines.
Mr. Abioye said: “From the available results as obtained from the field, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 332 wards emerged as winners.
“Their names as listed, I as the check returning officer of the Commission, returned them as due elected councillors of their respective wards.
“The results are available anytime for anyone interested in the Certified True Copies. For the 30 local government areas of Osun State, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party cleared all the seats.
“To this effect, by the power conferred on me, as the Chief Returning Officer of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, I hereby declared the following persons as the duly elected chairmen of their respective areas.”
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that before the Saturday’s election, many lives have been claimed over disagreement between rulling party and opposition, All Progressive party.
Some opposition groups, including Antoney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, suggested that the state’s Governor, Ademola Adeleke, should suspend the exercise.
Mr. Fagbemi also referenced the recent Court of Appeal ruling in Akure, which overturned an earlier Federal High Court judgment that nullified the previous local government elections conducted under former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
The ruling effectively reinstated the sacked council chairmen, whose tenure, according to the AGF, remains valid until October 2025.
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