Only one party contesting in Osun LG poll – OSIEC

The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Segun Oladitan, has stated that the Osun local government election would go on as planned.

The election, according to OSIEC, had been scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 15, 2022.

Oladitan, while responding to questions on a radio current affairs programme on Thursday in Osogbo, revealed that only one political party had signified intention to contest in the poll.

He however did not mention the name of the political party.

“As of three weeks, only one political party dignified it’s readiness contest the election.”

He added that the election result would be made public at the end of the election on Saturday evening or by the morning of the next day.

Recall that the Osun local government election has been a matter of controversy between the Osun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and OSIEC.

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