National Assembly Poll: Osun APC To Begin Legal Battle Against PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has stated that it is ready to begin a legal battle against all the elected National Assembly members under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The PDP in Osun recorded total victory in the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The breakdown showed that the party won all the three Senatorial and the nine House of Representatives seats in the state.

The Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru of the APC was defeated in the Osun Central Senatorial race while Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi of the PDP was returned in the Osun East Senatorial race. 

The Osun APC made this known thriugh its Acting Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal in a press conference on Monday in Osogbo.

Represented by Kola Olabisi, the party Director of Media and Information, the party while reacting to the declared results of the February 25 National Assembly elections by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) said the exercises were characterised with malpractice.

"Our message to the beneficiaries in the declared phantom election results is that they should not rejoice as most of the PDP candidates will have cases to answer at the tribunal.

"May we caution the sacked state Governor Ademola Adeleke and his partner in political crime, the sit-tight and expired state caretaker committee chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle, to stop insulting the sensibilities of the discerning members of the state and beyond with their statements, even before the official announcement of the results, justifying the over-voting charge hanging on Adeleke’s neck at the Court of Appeal which had earlier been affirmed by the state governorship election petition tribunal in Osogbo.

"The embattled Governor Adeleke should open his ears wide enough to comprehend that the phoney last Saturday’s elections results cannot confer any advantage on his bad case at the Court of Appeal."

The Spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Osun Council, Remi Omowaye, also stated that the outcome of the presidential and national assembly elections was not the true reflection of Osun people’s wish.

Omowaye insisted that voters were harassed and chased away by suspected PDP thugs on election day in some part of Ilesa.

Reacting, Oladele Bamiji, the Osun PDP Director of Media and Publicity said the election was held under a very peaceful atmosphere, adding that the results declared reflected the collective will of the Osun people.

He also berated the APC for alleging that it deployed thugs to intimidate and harass voters during the elections.