By Mojisola Oladele
Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa on Friday, ordered the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC to conduct the local government election scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Justice Aderibigbe, while ruling on a motion on notice filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in a suit against OSSIEC and after going through previous judgements on the issue, declared the seats of the thirty local government chairmen empty and ordered OSSIEC to go ahead with a duly democratic process to fill in the vacant posts of the Chairmen and Councillors.
The Osun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwole Jimi-Bada stated this while presenting the court order to newsmen in Osogbo.
“Consequently, the court granted the prayers of the claimant, seeking an order of the court “directing, mandating and compelling the defendants to fill the vacancies across the 30 local government areas of Osun State through a democratic process by proceeding to conduct the local government elections already scheduled by the defendants for 22nd of February, 2025.”
Mr. Jimi-Bada called on security operatives to provide adequate security during and after the polls.
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