PDP sweeps Osun LG poll with all 30 LGs

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been announced as the winner of all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the 30 local government areas and 332 wards in the Saturday local government election in Osun State.

The chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Hashim Abioye, in a statement made available Saturday evening, said the election was conducted in compliance with the constitution.

“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 every one 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 chairmen of their respective LGAs.

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