APC sweeps Ogun LG elections as Labour Party cries out

The All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious in all 20 chairmanship seats during the Ogun State Local Government elections conducted on Saturday.

Announcing the results at the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the Commission’s Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, confirmed the APC’s dominance, stating that the party also secured victory in all 236 wards across the state.

Osibodu revealed that a total of 613,156 votes were cast in the chairmanship election across the 20 local government areas.

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Opposition Rejects Election Results
However, the opposition has rejected the results, describing the election process as deeply flawed.

Speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, the Labour Party Chairman in Ogun State, Biodun Jagun, called for the cancellation of the elections and threatened legal action if the results are upheld.

“There was no election whatsoever in virtually all the polling units in Ogun State. OGSIEC officials were nowhere to be seen in over ninety percent of the polling units, and there were no election materials at the polling units as of 1:30 pm. In the few polling units where election materials were delivered, the materials were incomplete and were delivered around 1 pm, as against 8 am when the election was supposed to start,” he said.

“We totally reject whatever results that are declared in this sham of an election. Even the good people of Ogun state have been expressing their opinions on radio and television that there was no election in Ogun State.”

He further stated, “We call on OGSIEC to cancel the entire election for being in clear violation of the electoral guidelines of Ogun State Electoral Law. If they fail to do this, we will reject any results that are announced and put the necessary machinery in motion to challenge this charade in court.”

The elections featured candidates from 19 political parties, including the Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, African Democratic Congress, Social Democratic Party, and Young Progressive Party, among others.