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Osun LG: OSSIEC Reacts As Court Orders Police to Pay N100m for Disrupting Poll
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has directed the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Police Service Commission to pay N100 million in damages for unlawfully obstructing preparations for the February 22, 2025 local government elections in Osun State. The ruling, delivered on Monday by Justice A. A. Demi-Ajayi in suit […]
Court Reserves Judgment in OSSIEC’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against Police
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday reserved judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) against the Inspector-General of Police and the Police Service Commission over the alleged unlawful disruption of the February 22, 2025, local government elections in the state. Presiding Judge, […]
Newly Elected Chairmen Stands, Certificate of Return to YES/NO Chairmen Withdrawn Since 2022 – OSSIEC Chairman
The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Barrister Hashim Abioye has on Wednesday said that the Chairmen and Councilors elected in the 2025 Local Government Election are the validly elected council officials. Abioye while addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun state capital noted that the commission had in 2022 withdraw the Certificate of Return issued […]
OSSIEC, Abioye Sue IGP, Osun CP for Breach of Fundamental Rights, Demand N2bn Damages
Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) and its chairman, Barr. Hashim Abioye have sued the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Osun State Commissioner of Police for the breach of fundamental rights. In a suit filed at the federal high court sitting in Osogbo, brought in a representative capacity for themselves and on […]
Osun LG Polls:Disregard Fake News About Election Postponement – Spokesperson
Spokesperson to Governor Adeleke of Osun State, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has asked the general public to ignore the fake news the the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has postponed the Local Government Elections billed for Saturday 22nd February, 2025. In a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Thursday, Olawale notes that the fake […]
Appeal Court didn’t order reinstatement of sacked LG officials, OSSIEC Chairman
The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Barrister Hashim Abioye, has dismissed as untrue a report in circulation that the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure had ordered the reinstatement of officials elected in the October 15, 2022, election in the state, urging the public to discountenance what he termed as fake […]
Osun LG Polls will hold as scheduled, no restraining order- OSSIEC
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has said that the local government elections in the state will hold as planned by the commission adding that there is no restraining order against neither the Chairman nor the Commission. A statement by OSSIEC Information Officer, Sadiat Isiaka stated that the statement becomes necessary to clarify some misinformation […]
Osun LG Polls: We are acting in accordance to the law- OSSIEC Chairman, Abioye
In this interview with Sola Isola, the Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, speaks on the plans and effort of the commission in conducting the forthcoming local government election in Osun. Where are we currently on the timetable of elections that was released by the commission. As it is today, OSSIEC is […]
Osun LG Polls: SIEC Sets Up Verification Committee
By Sola Isola The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has set up a high level verification Committee as part of its activities towards the forthcoming local government elections in Osun State as political parties round off their primary elections. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to OSSIEC Chairman, Omoyemi Badru, the […]
OSSIEC Not Under Any Pressure or Legal Hindrance to Carry on Its Scheduled Activities- Chairman
The Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye Esq., has declared that the Commission headed by him is under no pressure and under no legal hindrance to go ahead with its already scheduled timetable/activities for the conduct of Osun Local Government Elections in February, 2025. The Chairman also maintained that there is […]
