{"id":152328,"date":"2025-02-22T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-lg-polls-lp-candidate-alleges-ballot-fraud-as-ossiec-blames-police-disruptions"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:05:08","slug":"osun-lg-polls-lp-candidate-alleges-ballot-fraud-as-ossiec-blames-police-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-lg-polls-lp-candidate-alleges-ballot-fraud-as-ossiec-blames-police-disruptions","title":{"rendered":"Osun LG polls: LP candidate alleges ballot fraud as OSSIEC blames police disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Allegations of electoral irregularities have surfaced in Unit 4, Ward 7, Osogbo local government in the ongoing local government election in Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations were made by Barrister Bode Babalola, the Labour Party, LP, Chairmanship candidate for Osogbo local government, while speaking with journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Babalola raised concerns that thumb-printed ballot papers were stuffed in ballot boxes before being brought to his polling unit.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that as of 9:30 a.m., no electoral officers were present at the polling station.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cUpon the arrival of OSSIEC electoral officers, ballot papers had already been thumb-printed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came here in the morning, the place was empty. However, I later received information that some powerful PDP men had called OSSIEC officials to a meeting. I also discovered that in Units 7 and 16, ballot boxes had already been filled up,\u201d Babalola stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed that when he challenged the officials, they defended the process by saying voting had begun as early as 7:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>However, he argued that no voters could have legally cast their ballots at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, despite the allegations, PDP Ward 7 Secretary, Kasali Nurudeen Olalekan, described the election in the same polling unit as peaceful and well-organized.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cOSSIEC officials arrived on time, and voting commenced by 8:00 a.m., with party agents verifying election materials before the process began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe election went smoothly, and the electorate came out to vote for their preferred candidates without violence,\u201d Olalekan stated.<\/p>\n<p>However, some voters alleged that the election did not hold in their polling units. It was gathered that the election in some polling units had concluded earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the OSSIEC Chairman, Hashim Abioye, has called out the Nigeria Police for arresting staff of the Commission who were on election duty across the state.<\/p>\n<p>While commending the electorate for coming out to exercise their right, Hashim, in a message made available to journalists, appealed to the media community for the inability of the Commission to provide accreditation materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was because the Police had sealed off the OSSIEC head office where the materials were kept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the units where materials didn\u2019t arrive early, it was due to the Police arresting the officials conveying the materials. New materials have been deployed, and voting is now ongoing,\u201d he added.<\/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. Allegations of electoral irregularities have surfaced in Unit 4, Ward 7, Osogbo local government in the ongoing local government election in Osun State. The allegations were made by Barrister Bode Babalola, the Labour Party, LP, Chairmanship candidate for Osogbo local government, while speaking with journalists. 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