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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Osun State Impartial Electoral Fee (OSSIEC)
The Osogbo Division of the Federal Excessive Court docket has declared the Osun State Native Authorities election held on October 15 null and void.
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel cancelled the election, which was hurriedly carried out by the Osun State Impartial Electoral Fee (OSSIEC), for contravening the Electoral Act 2022.
The courtroom additionally ordered the native authorities chairmen and councillors who have been sworn in to vacate workplace.
Reacting, the state caretaker committee chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), Akindele Adekunle, says the annulment is a validation of the get together’s long-held place relating to the method and legality of the election.
“We had warned in opposition to holding that faux choice they referred to as election. We had cited all related authorized authorities to persuade OSIEC to again out of the undemocratic scheme. The Fee Chairman, who himself is a lawyer, determined to behave in opposition to clear provisions of the regulation to oversee this crudely executed lawlessness.
“This judgement is an affirmation of the correctness of many alerts we’ve got issued in latest instances. The outgoing Governor had intentionally dedicated quite a lot of infractions and lawlessness. We’ll deploy all authorized means to appropriate the anomalies in compliance with public service guidelines, extant legal guidelines and the structure of the republic,” Mr Adekunle stated in a press release.
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