The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 20 chairmanship positions in the local government elections held in Ogun State on Saturday.
Babatunde Osibodu, the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) Chairman, announced the results at the Commission’s headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.
He reported that the APC emerged victorious in all 236 wards throughout the state.
According to the Osibodu, 613,156 votes were cast across the 20 local government areas in the chairmanship elections.
In the meantime, the opposition has criticised the process for its perceived lack of credibility.
During a press conference in the state capital, Biodun Jagun, the chairman of the Labour Party in Ogun, called for the entire election to be annulled, stating that they would seek legal action to dispute the results.
“There was no election whatsoever in virtually all the polling units in Ogun State. OGSIEC officials were nowhere to be seen in over ninety percent of the polling units and there were no election materials at the polling units as of 1.30 pm. In the few polling units where election materials were delivered, the materials were incomplete and were delivered around 1 pm, as against 8 am when the election was supposed to start,” he said.
“We totally reject whatever results that are declared in this sham of an election. Even the good people of Ogun state have been expressing their opinions on radio and television that there was no election in Ogun State.
“We call on OGSIEC to cancel the entire election for being in clear violation of the electoral guidelines of Ogun State Electoral Law. If they fail to do this, we will reject any results that are announced and put the necessary machinery in motion to challenge this charade in court.”
Nineteen political parties, including the Accord Party, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, Action Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress, Allied People’s Movement, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party, Action Alliance, Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party, National Rescue Movement, and Zenith Labour Party participated in the elections.
