Osun LG poll: APC, APM, APP risk disqualification over wrong substitution

The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Wednesday said the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Action Peoples Party (APP), ran foul of the provisions of the law regarding substitution of candidates and may be disqualified.

The chairman of the commission, Hashim Abioye, who stated this at a press briefing in Osogbo said the affected parties have 48 hours to regularise the discrepancies in their substitution or face disqualification in some local governments.

He said the APC submitted nomination forms which were filled by candidates different from names submitted to the commission as their candidates, and it occurred in about seven local governments.

Abioye added that only the three parties had major infractions in their forms out of the 18 political parties that participating in the election.

He stated further that February 22, 2025 is sacrosanct for the local government election and warned the people not to listen to purported postponement news.