All chairmanship and councilor candidates of the All Progressives Congress who contested in Saturday‘s local government elections have been declared elected unopposed by the Independent Electoral Commission of Osun State.Infomation Guide Nigeria
Sunday, at the commission’s office in Osogbo, the chairman of the OSIEC, Segun Laditan, expressed satisfaction with the election results.
According to him, sixteen political parties expressed interest in participating in the vote, but there were two exceptions.
Laditan added that the two dissenting political parties filed a lawsuit against the commission, but as of Friday, a day before the election, there was no legal obstacle preventing OSIEC from conducting the elections.
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He said, “Those candidates for the chairmanship, vice chairmanship and councillorship positions were screened and the lists of cleared candidates were displayed in all the Local Government Areas, Local Council Development Areas and Area Councils in the state.
“The glaring implication of this is that we had only one validly nominated and cleared candidate for each of the chairmanship, vice chairmanship and councillorship positions for the elections of Saturday, October 15, 2022, in the state.Jamb Result
“I, therefore, have the privilege to announce to you that the candidates to be pronounced shortly, having fulfilled the requirements of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Electoral Act 2022 and the Law of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, 2022, are hereby declared and returned unopposed as councillors in their respective Local Government Areas, Local Council Development Areas and Area Councils.”
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