Governor Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed that the Osun State local government elections, scheduled for Saturday, February 22, will proceed as planned and will be conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC).
Papers News reports that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, had earlier warned against conducting the elections, arguing that any action before October 2025—when the tenure of All Progressives Congress (APC)-elected local government officials expires—would be illegal.
But speaking on Friday morning, while receiving a delegation of civil society groups monitoring the elections, Adeleke expressed confidence in the readiness of Osun voters and the electoral body.