Chairmen and councillors of the just concluded local government council elections have emerged from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State.
Hashim Abioye who is the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, announced the results in a video on the social media, declared the 30 Chairmanship candidates of the PDP elected and the 332 councillors elected in their respective local government and wards.
The result announcement was allegedly done at the Government House in Osogbo as the police had sealed off the commission’s office in the state capital.
His words as recorded in the video, “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.
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 chairman of their respective LGA.