• Wows To Nullify Outcome

The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, accused the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of deliberately wasting the state resources over what it termed as “an unnecessary local council poll,” noting that the exercise failed.

This was contained in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Akindele Adekunle while commending Osun people for “taking to its call to stay away from the ill-conceived council poll.”

Akindele said:: “Going by the attitude of Osun people, who largely stayed away from the sham put up by the outgoing APC administration, it is not too late for Oyetola to apologise and ensure that every penny expended on the failed exercise is returned to the state’s coffers.

“Right from the start, the process was flawed and our efforts to make Oyetola understand this were not appreciated. Polling units across Osun State were either empty or the presence of scanty APC members was what greeted anyone who visited them.

“Ballot papers purportedly used did not specify political parties or did designate the local council it was meant for. This explained the curiosity of the Osun people and observers, who wondered whether it was an election or referendum that the Oyetola administration conducted.

“To make matter worse was how known members of the APC were stationed as officials of the OSSIEC, making a mockery of the essence of democracy and bringing to focus the outgoing administration’s desperation to foist itself on the people..”

“At the height of the sham was the random ticking of voter’s register without the physical presence of the person on the voter’s register, to the extent of ticking the names of the dead in many instances.

“The summary of what happened yesterday was that Osun people do not accept the sham disguised as an election, and as a party, we are proud of their courage and resoluteness in rejecting a dangerous precedent that posed a grave danger to our state.”