Osun LG Election: PDP Repeats Call For Restraining OSIEC Chairman

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has once again repeated its call for the Nigerian Police to intervene and call to order the Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Segun Oladuntan over the imminent criminality of going ahead with its decision to conduct the local government election in the state.

Segun Oladuntan, the OSIEC chairman had announced in Monday during a press conference that local government election would be conducted on Saturday, October 15, 2022.

Oladuntan in the press conference maintained that OSIEC was now operating the newly passed and assented Osun Electoral Act 2022 which was passed by the Osun State House of Assembly.

He also said the Commission also held parleys with the political parties to brief them on the process.

Meanwhile, in a statement signed by Akindele Adekunle, the Osun Caretaker Transition Chairman and obtained by AllNews Nigeria, the party held that, "The illegality of the purported election is not only what is at play but also the attendant criminality being perpetrated by OSIEC and the financial injury such wasteful calisthenics will foist on Osun people. The content of the said letter is available in the public domain.

"The illegal election as we have stated recently, is targeted mainly at wasting resources of the state and to cover for some financial infractions by the outgoing Apc government.

"For sake of emphasis however, matters concerning conduct of the election are already before competent courts of law and as a law abiding political party, we will rely on the processes enabled by our laws to strengthen the nation's democracy and enlighten the outgoing APC government to make them come to terms that government activities must not always be premised on crude arrogance and wanton illegality."

The PDP which claimed the Commission going ahead with the exercise was an invitation to looming breakdown of peace and order in Osun State added that it will engage in all lawful means including mobilising the masses of the state to protect their interest.

The Osun PDP stated that it would carry out a peaceful protests against the illegal and atrocious plans of OSIEC against the state.

"Apparently, the OSIEC Chairman seems adamant in going ahead with the illegal election and as such, we in the PDP will not fold our arms and watch the APC turn our dear state into lawless entity.

"We will ensure that the sinister and dangerous plan of OSIEC that has become an appendage of the APC does not see the light of the day."