Osun LG polls: APC sweeps all 389 councilorship seats

- APC has won Osun local government election

- The party swept all 389 councilorship seats in the state

- The election was conducted on Saturday, January 28

All the candidates of the All Progressives Congress(APC), who contested Saturday, January 28, local government elections, have been declared winners by the Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC).

The Premium Times reports that while announcing the results in Osogbo, the chairman of the commission, Segun Oladitan, said the ruling party’s candidates were returned in all the 389 seats contested on Saturday, January 28.

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Legit.ng gathered that he, however, said a total of 71 candidates of the total number had opponents during the election as 318 candidates were returned unopposed.

According to Oladitan, 128 of the unopposed returned candidates were from Osun central senatorial district, while 117 were from Osun west and the remaining 73 from Osun east senatorial district.

He said 52 of the candidates who had opponents in the election came from Osun east; 13 from Osun west and six came from Osun central.

The commission also issued a certificate of return to all the winners.

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The government had adopted a parliamentary system for the councils, which means that the councillors will elect their chairmen as they assume office.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Segun Oladitan, the chairman of Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) on Saturday, January 27, said the low turnout at some polling units at the ongoing local government election was due to some misinformation by oppositions.

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Source: Legit.ng