The Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) has gained all of the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all of the 30 native authorities areas (LGAs) in Osun State.
The Chairman of the Osun State Unbiased Electoral Fee (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, introduced this at a press convention on Saturday.
The fee defied warnings by the police and the Legal professional Normal of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to place the ballot on maintain.
The fee relied on a judgement of the Osun State Excessive Courtroom in Ilesa which ordered the electoral company to conduct elections for the vacant positions of chairmen and councillors within the 30 LGAs.
The train commenced in some native governments as early as 8 am on Saturday in all of the 30 native councils within the South-West state together with within the Ede North LGA the place Governor Ademola Adeleke solid his vote.
The governor, after the civic accountability, described the train as peaceable. “The method has been very peaceable, I made a broadcast to my good individuals of Osun State that this election needs to be peaceable, there needs to be no violence as a result of Osun State is a really peaceable state,” he stated.
Earlier, the state electoral fee boss accused the police of sealing the fee’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, and arresting some personnel. Abioye, nonetheless, stated the fee moved to an undisclosed location to hold out its constitutional responsibility.
The police had on Friday cautioned towards the ballot citing safety threats. The police had stated it acquired credible intelligence indicating a chance of violence.
The police warning adopted the stance of the AGF who requested the governor of the state to place the native authorities election on maintain.
In accordance with the justice minister on Friday, the Courtroom of Attraction, Akure division, on February 10, 2025, nullified the judgement of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Osogbo, delivered on November 25, 2022.
The AGF stated the decision of the appellate court docket implied that the All Progressives Congress (APC) native council chairmen previously sacked by the decrease court docket have been restored.
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At the least six individuals have been confirmed useless since Monday when APC and PDP members clashed in Osun State over the management of native authorities councils.
Earlier than the conflict, the governor raised the alarm on Sunday that APC members backed by safety businesses need to hijack the council secretariats within the state.
The governor, who belongs to the PDP, had requested President Bola Tinubu to warning one among his ministers, Gboyega Oyetola of the APC, over the upcoming conflict however such a measure appeared to not have been put in place therefore the escalation.
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