Opposition Party Hail Judiciary Over Police/OSSIEC Verdict In Osun
Osun State chapter of National Rescue Mission (NRM) has expressed confidence in the judiciary as template and last hope of the common man over its verdict in the case instituted against the police by Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC).
The Commission had dragged the police before a Federal High Court presided by Justice AA Demi-Ajayi in Osogbo over the sealed off of the Commission’s state headquarters in Osogbo penultimate the conduct of 17th, February 2022 local government elections in the state.
A release signed and made available to newsmen in Osogbo by the chairman of the party, Dr. Gbenga Afeni noted that the award of #100 million naira cost against the police by the court will serve as deterrent against impunity by law enforcement agencies.
Afeni who insisted that OSSIEC under the leadership of Barrister Hashim Abioye ensured due process in compliance with electoral act of 2022 noted that his due diligence informed the participation of many political parties in the election.
The party chairman however demanded the share of the affected political parties in the #100M awarded against the police adding that the political parties shared in the trauma caused by the illegal seal off of the secretariat at the pick of preparation for the election.
His words: “It is important and imperative that the commission give us the political parties that participated in the local government election of 17th, February 2022 our own share of the one hundred millions (#100,000,000) fine, because we suffered the pain and panic most”.
Dr Afeni while commending OSSIEC chairman Hashim Abioye for pursuing the issue legally and legitimately instead of instigating the electorates to cause chao in the state or abandoned the election as inconclusive charged politicians alike to charge the same cause whenever aggrieved.