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Oyo council polls to hold in September

By Iyabo Lawal
20 June 2016   |   2:48 am
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has assured that local council elections in the state would hold in September, almost nine years after it was last conducted.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi

Governor Abiola Ajimobi

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has assured that local council elections in the state would hold in September, almost nine years after it was last conducted.

He pledged to ensure a free and fair poll.

Ajimobi who disclosed this while inaugurating the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governors Office said the election would be conducted three months after the electoral umpire was put in place in line with the provision of the constitution.

The new OYSIEC chairman Mr. Ajeigbe Olajide, a native of Itesiwaju, Oke-Ogun area of the state, was a former Head of Department Operations and later Training at the Oyo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Other members are Mr. Adedeji Raheem, Mr. Abdul-Hamid Akuru, Mrs. Omolola Odekunbi, Mr. Rasheed Oyekanmi; a lawyer, Mr. Sunday Aborisade, Mr. David Adeagbo and Alhaji Bello Alabi.

Local government election was last conducted in the state on December 15, 2007, during the tenure of Adebayo Alao-Akala.

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