The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Hashim Abioye, of frustrating moves to resolve nomination infractions of its candidate before the close of the 48-hour ultimatum given.
The OSIEC boss had on Wednesday issued 48 hours ultimatum to APC, Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Action Peoples Party (APP) to rectify nomination infractions in nine councils of the state for the positions of chairman and vice chairman.
Reacting to the development, APC State Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement last night, said Abioye was denying the opposition APC a level playing field for the local government election slated for February 22, 2025.
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He said: “To meet up with the directives of the chairman, APC had concluded arrangements to ensure delivery of the necessary documents to OSSIEC, but to its surprise, OSSIEC closed at 2:15pm today (September 19).
“Efforts made by APC yielded no result, as there was no one to contact for the purpose of official duties placed on the OSSIEC over the issues. Findings showed that some of the alleged irregularities raised by OSSIEC were caused by the administrative loopholes of the commission, which had not thoroughly done a fact check before rushing to the press.”
“OSSIEC does not even have a public relations officer with whom any political party can relay its worries and complaints in case of any administrative errors, while the chairman does virtually all the administrative jobs.”
Efforts to reach Abioye were fruitless, as his phone rang out of time when he was contacted and he did not respond to the SMS and WhatsApp messages sent to his phone at press time.