OSUN: Electoral body says ‘We will conduct LG polls without PDP’
It has been said that with or without the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Local Government elections in Osun State will hold as scheduled.
Making this position known on Wednesday was Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Mr Segun Oladitan.
Oladitan said this while reacting to the PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman’s decision to boycott the exercise, Oladitan said it would have been better for the party to take part in the exercise to test its legitimacy in the court.
He said: “We have not received an official message from PDP. But they shouldn’t have boycotted the election, we are aware of the sections of the electoral act they are laying claims to that we do not have the right to conduct the election.
“But instead of boycotting the election, they should have participated and let us go and try the legitimacy of the process in the court of law. Before we fix a date for the conduct of the local government election, all political parties were involved and a PDP representative was present.
