The Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Hashim Abioye, has denied claims that he resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five months to the February 22 local government election.

Abioye, in a video he made available to The Nation to counter the claim of the Executive Director of Projects Implementation of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Oluremi Omowaiye that he resigned in September 2024, explained the legal stance of local government tussle.

He said: “I resigned my membership of the PDP in 2023, not 2024. On the issue of reinstatement, the Court of Appeal did not reinstate any local government official. It was an election that was conducted under the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, using ‘Yes or No’, 60 days notification as against 360 days.

“The way forward is the All Peoples Party (APP) judgment, which sacked them on November 30, 2022. They abandoned that appeal and the Court of Appeal dismissed that. There is already a pronouncement of Court of Appeal on that decision.”

Abioye berated the APC for living in denial over the appeal of the APP, which sacked them.

He said: “The way forward is for the Attorney-General of the Federation to look at the APP judgment and give us an opinion. Please let us press it on the Attorney-General of the Federation.”