ABEOKUTA– The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all chairmanship seats across the 20 local government areas and the councillorship positions in the 236 wards in the just concluded local government election in Ogun state, held Saturday.
Declaring the result, the chairman of the Ogun State Independence Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), Barr. Babatunde Osibodu said a total of 613,156 votes were cast in the Chairmanship elections across the 20 local government areas.
The elections saw participation from 19 political parties, including Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), and Allied People’s Movement (APM),
Others are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
Meanwhile, the Chairmanship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), for Abeokuta South Local Government area, Olalekan Alex Shoyinka has described the just concluded Local Government election in Ogun state as blatant assault on democracy.
Shoyinka in a post on his social media handles stated that what transpired in the November 16th LG polls can well be ascribed as a day light robbery on the democratic tenets.
“Today’s local government elections in Ogun State have not just been marred by irregularities—they represent a blatant assault on democracy.
“What transpired was not an election conducted by the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), but a premeditated operation orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rob the people of their mandate.
“The shambolic display today witnessed today should not be described as an election but a state-sanctioned coup and a travesty.
“The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has bungled its last chance of credibility and trust with the travesty on display today”, he said
