Saturday ,16th October ,2022 witnessed the election of all the 69 Contestants of the All Progressive Congress(APC) to the local government offices in Osun State.
The Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission(OSIEC), Mr Segun Oladitan , who announced the results of the exercise on Sunday in Osogbo said the APC also secured all the 393 councilorship seats in the State.
According to him, the contestants were returned unopposed.
Low turnout of voters was recorded and the election took off by only the APC with the ballot papers used for voting having only the inscription of ‘’YES’’ OR ‘’NO’’ on it.
Oladitan said, the issuance of the certificate of Returns and the declaration of winners were done in harmony with section 35 of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission 2022 Act and Sections 105(1) and 106(4)(a)(b) of the Electoral Act.
Olaitan says,’’I have the privilege to announce to you that the candidates , having fulfilled the requirements of the 1999 Constitution(as amended), the Electoral Act 2022 and the Law of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission , 2022 are hereby declared and returned unopposed in their respective Local Government Areas, Local Council, Development Areas and Area Councils’’.
Meanwhile, today, Monday , 17th October,2022, the Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola has sworn in the elected Chairmen and issued Certificates of return to them to this effect.
The elected Chairmen have been admonished to focus on grassroots developments across the State .