An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ilesa, has ordered the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) to conduct the state’s local government election slated for Saturday, February 22nd.
Papers News reports that Justice A. A. Aderibigbe, who gave the ruling on Friday, also declared the positions of chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors in the state’s 30 local governments vacant.
The Court gave the ruling in favour of the claimant, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Defendants in the case include the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and its chairman, Hashim Akintunde Abioye.