Ogun LG Poll:OGSIEC Declares APC Candidates As Winners Of 20 Chairmanship, 236 Councillorship Seats.. Opposition LP Calls For Cancellation - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Ogun LG Poll:OGSIEC Declares APC Candidates As Winners Of 20 Chairmanship, 236 Councillorship Seats.. Opposition LP Calls For Cancellation





Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the ruling, All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of all 20 Chairmanship seats and 236 Councillorship seats in the wards across the state in the State Local Government polls held on Saturday, amidst rejection by the opposition, Labour Party calling for outright cancellation of the exercise 

Chairman of OGSIEC, Mr. Babatunde Osibodu announced the winners , after the declaration of the results of the exercise at the Commission’s headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the State capital 

According to the chairman of the Electoral Commission, a total of 613,156 votes were cast in the chairmanship election across the 20 local government areas.

But the State Chairman of Labour Party, Biodun Jagun at a press briefing in the state capital, condemned the exercise for lacking merit.

He called for the cancellation of the whole exercise, threatening to challenge the outcome of the poll in a competent court of jurisdiction, if the electoral agency refused to cancel the exercise 

“There was no election whatsoever in virtually all the polling units in Ogun State. OGSIEC officials were nowhere to be seen in over ninety percent of the polling units and there were no election materials at the polling units as of 1.30 pm. In the few polling units where election materials were delivered, the materials were incomplete and were delivered around 1 pm, as against 8 am when the election was supposed to start,” he said

“We totally reject whatever results that are declared in this sham of an election. Even the good people of Ogun state have been expressing their opinions on radio and television that there was no election in Ogun State.”

“We call on OGSIEC to cancel the entire election for being in clear violation of the electoral guidelines of Ogun State Electoral Law. If they fail to do this, we will reject any results that are announced and put the necessary machinery in motion to challenge this charade in court, "he vowed 

The elections witnessed participation of notable political parties, including the Accord Party, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, Action Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress, Allied People’s Movement, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party, Action Alliance, Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party, National Rescue Movement, and Zenith Labour Party.



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