The All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun State chapter has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, to court over a series of allegations on the proposed local government election in the state.
The claimants, in Suit No. Hos/184/2024 challenged the validity of the planned local government elections scheduled to February 2025 by the OSSIEC, the 1st defendant in the suit.
Joined in the suit as co-defendants are Adeleke and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Oluwole Jimi-Bada.
DAILY POST recalled that OSSIEC had in September disqualified some candidates of the opposition parties, including the APC, from participating in the election.
This decision was at the time opposed by the leadership of the affected political parties.
In an originating summons signed by the claimants’ counsel, Muhydeen Adeoye Galadima and made available to journalists in Osogbo, they bemoaned the conduct of the state electoral commission since the commencement of the entire process
