The newly elected chairmen of the 30 local government councils in Osun State have received their Certificates of Return.

On Saturday, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) swept all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the South-Western state.

A day after, the commission presented the winners with their certificates.

The Commission’s Information Officer, Sadiat Isiaka, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

She said that the OSIEC Chairman, Barrister Hashim Abioye, congratulated the elected chairmen on their victory and urged them to be good ambassadors of democracy both in conduct and service to the people.

Meanwhile, the state chapter of the PDP has commended electorates for exercising their democratic rights in Saturday’s local government elections.

The party’s chairman in Osun, Hon. Sunday Bisi, described the voters as the heroes of democracy.

In a statement on Sunday, Bisi “expressed delight at the peaceful conduct of the poll, shower praises on the Osun electorates for successfully navigating the needless provocation and harassment from compromised security agents, notably the Police, in an attempt to disrupt the elections.”

Bisi also condemned the violence that that occurred days to the election, calling on the security agencies to arrest one Ademoroti Adeboye.

According to the PDP Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) allegedly tried to stop the election.