JUST IN: Court Nullifies Osun LG Election

JUST IN: Court Nullifies Osun LG Election

The Federal High Court in Osogbo, the state capital, has declared the recently concluded local government election in Osun State null and void.

The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), chaired by Segun Oladitan, conducted the local government election on Saturday, October 15, 2022.

On Friday, Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court in Osogbo declared the local government election illegal, null and void.

He also stated that the election was not carried out in accordance with the Electoral Act of 2022.

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He also directed that the local government chairmen and councillors who were sworn in following the election vacate the Local Government Secretariats and offices immediately.

In response to the court decision, the Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated that its activism against the illegality of the outgoing Adegboyega Oyetola administration had been vindicated.

The party’s Osun caretaker chairman, Akindele Adekunle, lamented in a statement that the Oyetola administration squandered about N1.5 billion naira set aside for workers’ welfare in order to conduct the election, in addition to millions of naira illegally paid as salaries and allowances to fictitious council chiefs.

“We had warned against holding that fake selection they called election. We had cited all relevant legal authorities to convince OSIEC to back out of the undemocratic scheme. The Commission Chairman who himself is a lawyer decided to act against clear provisions of the law to supervise this crudely executed lawlessness.

“This judgement is an affirmation of the correctness of many alerts we have issued in recent times. The outgoing Governor had deliberately committed a lot of infractions and lawlessness. We will deploy all legal means to correct the anomalies in compliance with public service rules, extant laws and the constitution of the republic,” the party leader stated.

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