Court nullifies, proclaims Osun LG election illegal

The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the kingdom capital,

has nullified the simply concluded local authorities election

performed in Osun State.

The nearby government poll turned into performed on Saturday,
October 15, 2022, by the Osun State Independent Electoral
Commission (OSIEC) underneath the Chairmanship of Segun
Oladitan.

Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel of Federal High Court
Osogbo on Friday had declared the local authorities
election as unlawful, null and void.

He also added that the election changed into now not conducted in
consonance with the Electoral Act of 2022.
He additionally ordered the local government chairmen and
councillors who have been sworn in after the election to vacate
Local Government Secretariats and places of work with on the spot
impact.

Reacting to the court docket judgment, the Osun Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) said that its activism towards the
illegality of the outgoing administration of Adegboyega
Oyetola has been vindicated.

In a assertion signed by Akindele Adekunle, the Osun
caretaker chairman of the celebration, lamented that approximately N1.5
billion naira that has been deployed for workers’ welfare
became wasted via the Oyetola’s management for the
behavior of the election in addition to numerous tens of millions of
naira illegally paid as salaries and allowances to fake
council chiefs.

“We had warned towards holding that faux selection they
called election. We had stated all applicable legal authorities
to persuade OSIEC to returned out of the undemocratic
scheme. The Commission Chairman who himself is a
legal professional determined to behave against clean provisions of the regulation
to supervise this crudely performed lawlessness.

“This judgement is an confirmation of the correctness of
many signals we have issued in recent times.

The outgoing
Governor had intentionally devoted numerous infractions
and lawlessness. We will deploy all criminal approach to accurate
the anomalies in compliance with public service rules,
extant legal guidelines and the constitution of the republic,” the celebration
chief stated.