No Court Stopped Osun LG Election – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the State of Osun, Dr Basiru Ajibola has dismissed the rumour being circulated on social media that a Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped all processes regarding the Local Government Election in the state scheduled to hold on January 27, 2018.

According to Ajibola, the government, office of the Attorney General and the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission were not aware of any pending case on the conduct of the local government election at the Federal High Court.

Ajibola in a press statement issued in Abuja today said: “Our attention has been drawn to a news circulating to the effect that a Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped all processes regarding the Local Government Election in the State of Osun scheduled to hold on 27th January, 2018.

“The Office of the Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice is not aware of any pending court action regarding the Local Government Election at the Federal High Court in Abuja and no court process has been served on our office.

“I have also confirmed that State of Osun Independent Electoral Commission is not aware of any action at the Federal High Court Abuja and has not been served with any court process

“Consequently, we have no basis to believe or give credence to the news which has not been credited to any credible information source.”