IPAC Accuses OSIEC Chairman Of Using PDP Members As Electoral Officers

The Osun State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has raised the alarm over the alleged plans by the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Hassim Abioye, to use Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members as electoral officers during the local government election slated for February 2025. ..Read Full Article

IPAC made this known at a press conference by its chairmen in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday.

The council said, “Earlier this year, Abioye invited us to the headquarters of OSIEC in Osogbo where we made known our reservations for the February 22, 2025 council election and he thereafter pledged his allegiance to protect his integrity and promised not to disappoint us.

“But Alas, the leopard in him that cannot change its spots roared as we watched him deviating from all his promises of conducting a reliable election in the state.

“We have reliably gathered that Abioye has perfected plans to use PDP members as Electoral Officers during the election which we all know what it means.

“His intention is to trap us into conducting our parties’ primary elections without disclosing the amount each party will pay which will, of course, lead to efforts in futility after announcing exorbitant fee.

“We expected up to date information from Abioye as been done by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but reverse is the case as we always have information about Osun local government election from PDP e-rats.

“We found it convenient to say that the PDP-led administration in the state is intentionally creating avenues for crisis all over so as to scare our people away from the forthcoming council election as only a secured mind will have courage of going out to vote for his/her choice.

“One of us, NNPP, that earlier written intention letter for his party’s primary election has withdrew the letter because we realised no good thing can come out of Abioye, who is Governor Adeleke’s stooge’s, OSIEC.

“It is on these notes that we resolved, after deliberations with our parties’ members, to back out of the forthcoming local government election in Osun State.”

IPAC further listed political parties involved in the delibrations to include Action Alliance, African Democratic Congress, Accord Party, Social Democratic Party, African Action Congress, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Allied Peoples Party, and the Peoples Redemption Party.

Others are All Progressives Grand Alliance, Zenith Labour Party, Action Democratic Party, Action Peoples Party, Labour Party, Boot Party, National Rescue Movement, and Young Peoples Party.

“We await the credibility in the poll involving only Peoples Democratic Party,” it added.