{"id":152221,"date":"2025-02-22T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-lg-poll-police-have-sealed-ossiec-office-chairman"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:54:55","slug":"osun-lg-poll-police-have-sealed-ossiec-office-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-lg-poll-police-have-sealed-ossiec-office-chairman","title":{"rendered":"Osun LG Poll: Police have sealed OSSIEC office \u2013 Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, Hashim Abioye, has raised alarm that the comission\u2019s headquartres in Osogbo has been sealed up.<\/p>\n<p>Raising the alarm in Rave FM live current affairs programme on Saturday, Abioye expressed surprise that such step could be taken.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that despite the actions of the police, the local government election had started across all polling units across the state.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he had left the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun in the hands of God.<\/p>\n<p>He also lamented that police presence was not visible at the polling units.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, \u201cI leave the police IGP in the hands of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElection has started earnestly in all the polling units across the state but no police presence is noticeable from the information available to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police advised the state government not to go ahead with the poll, citing security concerns and legal implication.<\/p>\n<p>Most polling units along the Gbongan-Ibadan road, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo was empty and no electoral officers were around despite the fact that voters were observed milling around.<\/p>\n<p>Presence of operatives of the Nigeria Police were also observed on highways and despite the fact that the state government has imposed vehicular restriction from 5am to 5pm on Saturday, vehicles were also observed plying the roads in Osogbo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, Hashim Abioye, has raised alarm that the comission\u2019s headquartres in Osogbo has been sealed up. Raising the alarm in Rave FM live current affairs programme on Saturday, Abioye expressed surprise that such step could be taken. 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