The Ogun State Independent Electoral
Commission (OGESIEC) has announced
the results of the election held on
Saturday into the 20 local government
councils and 37 Local Council
Development Areas(LCDAs) of the
state.
Declaring the results, the commission’s
Chairman, Mrs Risikat Ogunfemi, said
the ruling APC won all the
Chairmanship positions in all the 20
local governments and 37 LCDAs.
The party also won 346 councillorship
seats out of the 349 wards in the state.
The Unity Party of Nigeria, however,
won two councillorship seats while the
PDP won one.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that a total of 17 political
parties participated in the poll.
Ogunfemi, who stated that the
commission had discharged its duties
without fear or favour, adjudged the
poll free, fair and credible.
The OGESIEC boss, however, conceded
that there was room for improvement
on the conduct of council election.
“Election is a process and we can
always learn from any shortcomings
and improve on subsequent ones.
“The 2012 local government poll was
not as effective as this and so we are
sure that the next one will be better
than this one,” she said.
Ogunfemi expressed appreciation for
the support accorded the commission
by the electorate and other
stakeholders.
She advised candidates, who might
have any complaint concerning the
poll, to direct it to the election tribunal
which she said would soon be
constituted.