Executive Director of Projects Implementation of Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Remi Omowaiye, has berated the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Hashim Abioye, for resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year.

Omowaiye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recalled that Abioye had confirmed on a national television that he resigned from the PDP last year, five months to the February 22 council election.

He said Abioye’s confirmation showed that last Saturday’s local government poll could not be credible, even if the Appeal Court verdict, by implications, did not tag it illegal.

“It is worrisome that a former aspirant under PDP for the House Assembly seat, ex-secretary of PDP and now Special Adviser, Legal Matters to Governor Ademola Adeleke will chair an agency that ought to be neutral.

“He is wearing two caps, Special Adviser on Legal Matters and OSIEC Chairman to conduct an illegal election. This is an affront to residents of Osun State,” Omowaiye said.

He said Adeleke, Abioye and Osun State Executive Committee (Exco)  members must tender an apology to residents of Osun State for making them to observe lockdown ‘’when we are not in the era of COVID-19 and for wasting billions of Naira on an illegal self-acclaimed local government election.”