The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas (LGAs) in Osun State.

The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, announced this at a press conference on Saturday.

The commission defied warnings by the police and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to put the poll on hold.

The commission relied on a judgement of the Osun State High Court in Ilesa which ordered the electoral agency to conduct elections for the vacant positions of chairmen and councillors in the 30 LGAs.

The exercise commenced in some local governments as early as 8 am on Saturday in all the 30 local councils in the South-West state including in the Ede North LGA where Governor Ademola Adeleke cast his vote.

Although peaceful and calm, the election was characterized with low turnout.

The Osun State Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Adewale Adebayo, also berated the State Independent Electoral Commission over Saturday’s local government election.

Eagle FM reports that Adebayo claimed that there was no election anywhere in the state except in Ede, the hometown of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
He said that OSIEC’s insistence on conducting the poll was to justify allocated money, describing the action as fraud.
Adebayo said his members in various towns confirmed that elections did not hold in their areas.

The main opposition party, The All Progressive Congress, APC, earlierannounced its withdrawal due to the February 10 Court of Appeal judgment, which reinstated its chairmen and councillors.