The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, has confirmed that the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025 will hold as planned.
The Commission stated that no litigation currently posed a threat to the conduct of the poll, adding that it had adhered strictly to legal guidelines throughout the process.
The OSSIEC Chairman, Hashim Abioye who made the clarification on Saturday, added that plans by the opposition to frustrate the conduct of the exercise will fail.
Abioye revealed that six legal cases had been filed against the commission in various courts, including two appeals stemming from a Federal High Court judgment in November 2022.
“The 2022 ruling by the Federal High Court in Osogbo nullified the local government elections conducted that year and removed all elected officials, who were members of the All Progressives Congress (APC),’ he said.
He revealed that one of the appeals against the ruling is still pending judgment, while the…
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