By Newsmata
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 30 chairmanship positions in the controversial Osun State local government elections held on Saturday.
The party also cleared all 332 councillorship seats, in an election held in defiance of the position of the Attorney general of the federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, that it should not be held, citing an Appeal Court judgement. The police had also warned against going ahead with the election, raising security concerns.
The result was announced by the chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, at a press conference in Osogbo, the state capital on Saturday.
Congratulating the winners, Abioye said Certified True Copies, (CTC) of the result of the elections would be made available to whoever is interested in having them.
According to the OSSIEC “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 chief returning officer of the Commission, returned them as duly 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 declare the following persons as the duly elected chairmen of their respective areas.”
The OSSIEC, with the backing of Governor Ademola Adeleke and empowered by the judgement of the Osun State High Court, had gone ahead with the election, described by the governor as peaceful, amidst impressive turnout.