Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, will officially swear in the newly elected local government council chairmen on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
This was confirmed by the governor’s Special Assistant on Digital Media, Olalekan Badmus, in a statement posted on his X account on Saturday night.
According to Badmus, the swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Government House in Osogbo, the state capital, at 12:00 noon prompt.
“The newly elected local government council chairmen will be sworn in by His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke, tomorrow, 23/02/2025, at 12:00 noon prompt at the Government House, Osogbo,” Badmus wrote.
The event follows the controversial local government elections held on Saturday, 22nd February, which saw the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secure a sweeping victory.
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, announced that the PDP won all local government and councillorship positions in the just-concluded polls.
OSSIEC Chairman, Hashim Abioye, made the declaration through a Facebook Live broadcast on Saturday evening, confirming the PDP’s dominance in the elections.
“PDP candidates have won all the councillorship seats in the 332 wards and chairmanship positions in all 30 local government councils across the state,” Abioye stated.
However, the Osun chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, criticised the elections, commending residents for boycotting what it described as an “illegal local government council election.”
