Osun witnessed lockdown, not LG ballot — APM chair

The Osun State Chairman of the Allied Peoples Motion, Adewale Adebayo, has berated the State Unbiased Electoral Fee over Saturday’s native authorities election.

Talking with reporters on Saturday, Adebayo claimed that there was no election anyplace within the state besides in Ede, the hometown of Governor Ademola Adeleke.

He stated that OSIEC’s insistence on conducting the ballot was to justify allotted cash, describing the motion as fraud.

Adebayo stated his members in varied cities confirmed that elections didn’t maintain of their areas.

He stated, “We expertise in Osun State at this time just isn’t election however lockdown as a result of individuals refused to take part within the unlawful ballot besides Ede city the place only some members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) voted in some polling models of prime political appointees of the governor.

“Our social gathering is vindicated with this train of our earlier apprehension that OSIEC can by no means conduct any significant election since its chairman, Hashim Abioye, is a card-carrying member of PDP and serves Adeleke as Particular Adviser Authorized issues and served as PDP caretaker Secretary.

“Osun State Authorities by OSIEC solely wasted billions of Naira on shadow election. Our members in Irewole, Isokan, Boripe, Ifelodun, Olorunda, Egbedore, Irepodun and Orolu, amongst different locations, confirmed that elections weren’t held.

“Actually, in Ede, they held an unlawful election, they claimed they concluded voting by 8:30 am, the identical Ede that voted until 9 pm in the course of the governorship election in 2022.

“Adeleke, Abioye and different members of the cupboards who had run away from the state ought to make a statewide broadcast to apologise to the residents for imposing lockdown on them.”